Delta-sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP): an update.

Graf MV, Kastin AJ · 1986 · Peptides 7(6):1165-1187

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What does this source report?

Reviews sleep and non-sleep research, including pain, withdrawal and DSIP-like material. Physiological roles and mechanisms were unresolved.

Population and setting: Historical animal and human literature
Evidence type: Review
Preparation: DSIP literature
Source language: eng
Title provenance: Title as recorded in the linked source or index. A separate original-language title has not been transcribed unless shown above.

What are the limitations?

Historical synthesis, not a new clinical cohort or current comprehensive safety review.

Publication counts are not counts of independent trials. Reviews, translations and reports sharing participants may overlap. Findings apply to the studied preparation, population and endpoints.

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Recorded source-check date: 2026-10-01. This date does not imply a completed systematic review.

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DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(86)90148-8

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Original source: Graf MV, Kastin AJ. Delta-sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP): an update. Peptides 7(6):1165-1187 1986.

Molekul research summary: https://molekul.io/research/dsip-3550726. Cite the original publication for its findings and this page when referring to Molekul’s summary or evidence appraisal.

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Related compound profiles

DSIP

A peptide first characterized in Swiss sleep research and later studied in Soviet/Russian analogue and stress-adaptation programmes. Ordinary DSIP, modified analogues and piracetam combinations have distinct evidence.

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