What is Livagen (Lys-Glu-Asp-Ala)?

The short answer

Livagen is a peptide, a short chain of amino acids.

  • What it is

    Livagen (Lys-Glu-Asp-Ala): Synthetic tetrapeptide (KEDA).

    Four-amino-acid peptide modeled on liver extract, studied in lab models.

  • What people look into

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What it is

How it works
Four-amino-acid peptide modeled on liver extract, studied in lab models.

Regulatory status

Not FDA-approved How we label status

As of October 4, 2026, Livagen (Lys-Glu-Asp-Ala) 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/94155/download
  2. WADA: www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/2026list_en_final_clean_september_2025.pdf
  3. eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-216/subpart-B/section-216.23