RecoveryNot approvedEvidence tier: Animal Only

Pentadeca Arginate (PDA)

Last updated October 21, 2026. Approval line checked October 21, 2026. Compounding sources checked October 10, 2026.

FDA status

Not approved

Not approved. This record is not an FDA-approved drug product. Approval, where it exists, is specific to a drug product, indication, and route.

FDA primary source on file

Evidence tier

Animal Only. The tier is the highest indexed study type. It is not a safety rating and it is not an FDA approval. Confidence score 3/5. 0 PubMed citations indexed.

Pentadeca Arginate (PDA) in the literature

PDA is the arginate salt form of the 15-amino-acid BPC-157 sequence (bepecin di-L-arginine salt); it activates the VEGFR2–Akt–eNOS signaling cascade to promote angiogenesis and restore blood flow to i

What the literature studies

Recovery Research

Evidence tier

Animal Only

Compounding record

Status not verified

Confidence
3/5

Regulatory record

Status not verified. Status not verified. Exact FDA substance context: FDA names BPC-157: Nomination withdrawn. The arginate salt is not independently verified; no inference of eligibility from salt substitution. Previously in Category 2; FDA still identifies potential significant safety risks for the named withdrawn substance. Withdrawal is not FDA approval or a determination of safety or compounding eligibility. Research information is not evidence of FDA approval. Approval, where applicable, is specific to a drug product, indication and route.

Regulatory source checked October 10, 2026. This compounding label is separate from the approval line above.

all efficacy data is extrapolated from BPC-157 research conducted with a different salt form, making evidence claims [U

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