Is afamelanotide the same as melanotan 1?

Yes. Afamelanotide is the nonproprietary name for Melanotan I, listed as an alias on this site's melanotan-1 profile alongside Scenesse. Molecular weight is 1,646.9 daltons. It is FDA approved as a 16 mg implant for erythropoietic protoporphyria, not for cosmetic tanning. Two randomized trials, 74 and 94 people, measured longer pain-free sun exposure. A research-chemical vial labeled melanotan 1 is not that labeled implant. The names are aliases of one molecule. Full record at /compounds/melanotan-1.

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Part of sexual health and hormone peptides. PT-141, melanotan, oxytocin, gonadorelin, and kisspeptin-10.