What is Pentadeca arginate (PDA)?

The short answer

Pentadeca arginate is a peptide, a short chain of amino acids.

  • What it is

    Pentadeca arginate (PDA): BPC-157-like peptide salt.

  • What people look into

    Muscle and exercise

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What it is

Also known as
pda peptide

Regulatory status

Not FDA-approved How we label status

As of October 4, 2026, Pentadeca arginate (PDA) 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
503A compounding
No category; not on 216.23 as of 2026-10-07; not an approved-drug component (as of October 7, 2026)

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
  4. FDA: api.fda.gov/drug/drugsfda.json