Identification of the small research tetra peptide Epitalon, assumed to be a potential treatment for cancer, old age and Retinitis Pigmentosa in two illegal pharmaceutical preparations

Drug Test Anal. 2015 Mar;7(3):259-64. doi: 10.1002/dta.1771. Epub 2014 Dec 22.

Authors

Celine Vanhee¹, Goedele Moens, Els Van Hoeck, Eric Deconinck, Jacques O De Beer

Affiliation

¹ Division of Food, Medicines and Consumer Safety, Medicinal Products Section, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), J. Wytsmansstraat14, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 25535022
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1771

No abstract available

Keywords: LC-MS(n); anti-cancer agent; biopharmaceuticals; geroprotective agent.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aging / drug effects
Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
Chromatography, Liquid
Humans
Illicit Drugs / chemistry*
Mass Spectrometry
Neoplasms / drug therapy
Oligopeptides / analysis*
Retinitis Pigmentosa / drug therapy

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Illicit Drugs
Oligopeptides
alanyl-glutamyl-aspartyl-glycine