Thymosin Alpha-1
What the molecule is, where the sequence comes from, and what it binds. This page does not describe what Thymosin Alpha-1 does.
Structure
What Thymosin Alpha-1 is
Origin. A 28-residue peptide corresponding to a fragment of prothymosin alpha, originally isolated from thymus tissue.
Molecular target. Characterised as a thymic peptide; toll-like receptor interaction is described in the literature.
Both statements are facts about the molecule and can be checked against any reference database. Neither is a statement about an outcome, and this page makes none.
- Class
- Synthetic thymic peptide
- Residues
- 28
Grouped by structure
Signalling peptides
Short sequences that bind a receptor or a partner protein. Grouped by what the molecule is and what it binds, not by what anyone intends to do with it.
Compounds on this site are grouped by what the molecule is, not by what anyone intends to do with it. Thymosin Alpha-1 sits with 10 other compounds in this group because of its structure and its target, and for no other reason.
Compared side by side: Adamax vs Thymosin Alpha-1 and TB-500 vs Thymosin Alpha-1.
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Literature
Sources
Handling and documentation
The parts that apply to every compound
Documentation
Tested, with the certificate published
Thymosin Alpha-1 is tested by an independent lab. The latest certificate is on its product page.

