Selank 10 mg
Tuftsin-analog heptapeptide · registered only in Russia, as nasal drops, never injected
A synthetic heptapeptide, Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro (TKPRPGP), an analog of tuftsin (Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg, TKPR) with the Pro-Gly-Pro sequence added to the end, developed at the V.V. Zakusov Institute of Pharmacology and the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is registered as a medicine in Russia (Selank, registration number LSR-003338/09) as 0.15% nasal drops, indicated as an anxiolytic for anxiety disorders and neurasthenia. The FDA in the United States and the EMA in Europe have not approved it for any indication: no product with this active ingredient appears in either agency's approved-drug databases. Outside Russia it is sold with no regulatory oversight at all, as a research chemical.
CAS: 129954-34-3. Lyophilized powder: -20 °C, stable.
- Selank 10 mg: $95
For research use only. Not for human consumption.