- Organ
- Pineal
- Study type
- Cohort observation
- Year
- [source needed]
- Preparation
- Epithalamin (pineal peptide extract)
- Class
- Extract
- PMID
- [source needed]
Methods
Elderly participants received courses of an injectable pineal peptide extract over multiple years, with untreated comparison groups drawn from the same clinical setting. Allocation and blinding are not described in the English-language material we have. [source needed]
Findings
- Authors report differences in mortality and in several physiological indices between course-treated and comparison groups.
- The preparation studied was the bovine extract, not a synthetic tetrapeptide.
What this does not show
- Extract findings must not be carried over to synthetic Epitalon. Different preparation, different evidence.
- Primary reporting is Russian-language; English summaries are secondary.
- This is not a product endorsement.
Educational summary only. Not medical advice, and not a product endorsement. Read the source paper before you repeat anything here.