Thymosin Alpha-1
Tα1 · Zadaxin
A 28-amino-acid immunomodulating peptide derived from prothymosin alpha that modulates Toll-like receptor signaling on dendritic cells and helps balance T-cell responses. Marketed as Zadaxin in many countries.
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Regulatory status
Not FDA approved
The FDA has not approved this substance for human use. It may be approved elsewhere, studied in the literature, or available through other routes, but it carries no approved US label and therefore no agency-reviewed instructions.
A regulatory status describes paperwork, not safety. An approved compound can still be wrong for a given person, and an unapproved one is neither thereby dangerous nor thereby fine.
Half-life
~2-3 h, subcutaneous. Half-life is an educational pharmacology figure, drawn from public sources, and is not a schedule or dosing instruction.
Storage & handling
Supplied lyophilized; reconstitute before use, refrigerate and protect from light.
References
- Peer-reviewed TLR9 immunomodulation
- Zadaxin product information
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Common questions
Thymosin Alpha-1, answered plainly.
01What is Thymosin Alpha-1?+
A 28-amino-acid immunomodulating peptide derived from prothymosin alpha that modulates Toll-like receptor signaling on dendritic cells and helps balance T-cell responses. Marketed as Zadaxin in many countries. It is also referred to as Tα1, Zadaxin. It is listed here under Healing / Recovery as educational reference, which is not a recommendation to use it.
02Is Thymosin Alpha-1 FDA approved?+
Not FDA approved. The FDA has not approved this substance for human use. It may be approved elsewhere, studied in the literature, or available through other routes, but it carries no approved US label and therefore no agency-reviewed instructions.
03What is the half-life of Thymosin Alpha-1?+
~2-3 h, subcutaneous. A half-life is an educational pharmacology figure describing how long the body takes to clear half of a substance. It is not a schedule and does not imply one.
04How is Thymosin Alpha-1 stored and handled?+
Supplied lyophilized; reconstitute before use, refrigerate and protect from light. Storage conditions come from a manufacturer's own label where one exists, and a compound with no approved label has no agency-reviewed handling instructions at all.
05What vial strengths of Thymosin Alpha-1 are commonly sold?+
Commonly listed vial strengths are 5, 10 mg. A vial strength is a market fact about how a product is packaged. It is not a dose, and it says nothing about how much of anything belongs in any person.
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