Longevity
Longevity & Cellular Research Compounds
Longevity research covers several unrelated mechanisms that share an endpoint rather than a pathway. Mitochondrial-derived peptides such as MOTS-c and humanin are encoded in mitochondrial DNA and studied for metabolic signalling. SS-31 is a mitochondria-targeting tetrapeptide with a distinct cardiolipin-binding mechanism. Epitalon and the wider Khavinson bioregulator series come from a separate Russian research tradition centred on telomerase and pineal signalling. FOXO4-DRI is studied specifically as a senolytic.
Grouping them under one heading is a catalog convenience, not a claim that they act alike, and each compound page treats its own literature separately.
Evidence depth varies sharply across this category. Several of the bioregulator peptides have very limited indexed literature, and where that is the case the product page states it plainly instead of implying a fuller record than exists. Structural identifiers are published for every compound, and every lot carries an independent certificate showing measured purity and measured content against the labelled amount. Supplied strictly for in-vitro laboratory research.
In this category: Epitalon · NAD+ · MOTS-c · SS-31 · FOXO4-DRI
What to check before buying longevity compounds
Purity is half the number. A purity figure tells you what fraction of the powder in the vial is the compound on the label — it tells you nothing about how much powder is in the vial. A lot can assay at 99.8% purity and still be short against its labelled content.
Both numbers are published for every batch here: purity from HPLC, and measured mass against expected content. Match the batch code printed on the vial to the certificate before you rely on either.
Longevity research peptides — common questions
- Is NAD+ a peptide?
- No. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is a coenzyme, not a peptide, and it is listed in this category because the research questions overlap rather than the chemistry. Calling it a peptide is a common error in this market; the product page states the compound class explicitly, and the certificate is issued against the coenzyme.
- What is a peptide bioregulator?
- A term used for a group of very short peptides — Epitalon, Pinealon, Livagen, Vesugen and others — that originate largely from a single line of Russian research. The literature behind them is thinner and less independently replicated than the literature behind the better-studied compounds on this site, and the compound pages say so rather than presenting a thin record as a full one.
- What does "mitochondrial-derived peptide" mean for MOTS-c?
- That the peptide is encoded in mitochondrial DNA rather than nuclear DNA. MOTS-c and humanin are the best-characterised members of that small group, and the distinction is why they are studied in a different context from the nuclear-encoded peptides elsewhere in the catalogue.
- How consistent are purity results across lots in this category?
- Every lot is published, so the answer is visible rather than asserted. Each certificate page lists the previous lots of the same compound with their measured figures side by side, which shows lot-to-lot consistency in a way a single certificate cannot.
