Is epitalon the same as Epithalamin?
No, and the difference matters when you read the evidence. Epithalamin is an extract of cow (bovine pineal) gland, which is a mix. Epitalon is the lab-made four-amino-acid peptide Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly, with a molecular weight of 390.3 daltons. It was picked out as one active part of that extract, and is also spelled epithalon. The long studies on death rates on this site, 266 older people followed for 6 to 8 years and a comparison of 39 versus 40 people with heart disease, used Epithalamin. The vials sold today contain Epitalon. Nobody has run the death-rate study on the lab-made peptide. Coming from the same research group does not make them the same substance. Full record at /compounds/epitalon.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
- Epitalon
- Peptides of pineal gland and thymus prolong human life 2003 PMID 14523363
- Geroprotective effect of epithalamine (pineal gland peptide preparation) in elderly subjects with accelerated aging 2006 PMID 17426848
- Peptide geroprotector from the pituitary gland inhibits rapid aging of elderly people: results of 15-year follow-up 2011 PMID 22451889
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Part of immune and longevity peptides. Thymosin alpha-1, thymalin, epitalon, MOTS-c, humanin, and the bioregulator family.