Thymulin
Immune Research only Animal studies
Also called Serum thymic factor, Nonathymulin, FTS
A nine-amino-acid hormone made by the thymus that needs zinc to be active. It helps T cells mature and has anti-inflammatory and pain-modulating effects in animal studies. Levels fall steadily with age and with zinc deficiency.
Why people take it
What studies report
- Reduced inflammatory pain in animal models
- Supports T-cell maturation; activity depends on zinc
- Levels fall with age and with zinc deficiency
In practice Unapproved use
- Rarely used outside research settings
Reported real-world use, not evidence and not a recommendation.
Worth knowing: Animal data. Zinc status confounds much of the older work.
Status: Animal and cell research. Not approved.
- Route
- Subcutaneous injection, from reconstituted lyophilised powder
- Sequence
- pGlu-Ala-Lys-Ser-Gln-Gly-Gly-Ser-Asn
- Formula
- C33H54N12O15
- Molecular weight
- 858.9 g/mol
- CAS
- 63958-90-7
- Available as
- 20 mg
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