Is afamelanotide the same as melanotan 1?
Yes. Afamelanotide is the generic name for Melanotan I, listed as another name on this site's melanotan-1 profile, along with Scenesse. Its molecular weight is 1,646.9 daltons. It is FDA approved as a 16 mg implant for erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare disorder that makes skin extremely sensitive to light, not for cosmetic tanning. Two studies, of 94 and 74 people, measured longer time in the sun without pain. 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.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
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Part of sexual health and hormone peptides. PT-141, melanotan, oxytocin, gonadorelin, and kisspeptin-10.