What is Epithalamin (pineal extract)?

The short answer

Epithalamin is a protein.

  • What it is

    Epithalamin (pineal extract): Bovine pineal polypeptide extract.

    Peptide mixture from cattle pineal glands; parent extract of synthetic Epitalon.

  • What people look into

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What it is

Also known as
epithalamine, epitalamin
How it works
Peptide mixture from cattle pineal glands; parent extract of synthetic Epitalon.

Regulatory status

Not FDA-approved How we label status

As of October 4, 2026, Epithalamin (pineal extract) is not FDA-approved for any use and is not on FDA's 503A bulks list.

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Federal (FDA)
Not FDA-approved (no drugsfda/DailyMed record)
503A compounding
No category; not on 216.23 as of 2026-10-07 (as of October 7, 2026)
WADA 2026
Not named; S0 (non-approved substances) applies if no health authority approves it for human use

References

Sources as of October 4, 2026

  1. FDA: www.fda.gov/media/193345/download
  2. FDA: www.fda.gov/media/94155/download
  3. WADA: www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/2026list_en_final_clean_september_2025.pdf
  4. eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-216/subpart-B/section-216.23