Khavinson BioregulatorTarget: ProstateReproductive

Prostatilen

Samprost · Vitaprost · Сампрост · Простатилен

Prostatilen (Vitaprost/Samprost) is the pharmaceutical prostate extract used in CIS urology. Adjacent to the 41. Libidon is Cytomax; Prostamax is KEDP.

Not FDA-approved - research chemical
Reviewed by CalcMyPeptide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 2026Evidence: Low2 peer-reviewed citations
Typical research dose
5-10 mg rectally or IM
Frequency
1× daily for 5-10 days
Half-life
Mixture (variable)
Common vials
5 mg
CAS
N/A (biological extract)
Molecular weight
Mixture (<10 kDa)

Use-case scores

0–10 against the evidence we have, not a gym ranking. Hidden domains do not apply here.

  • Sexual / hormonal3/10

    Russian extract literature. Not a US BPH drug. Not the KEDP tetrapeptide.

Compound card

Class
Bovine prostate polypeptide extract (Cytomax class; not Prostamax KEDP)
Formula
Polypeptide extract (Prostate tissue)
Status
Not FDA-approved · research use
Dose it
5 mg + 1 mL BAC water → 5 mg/mL · 5000 mcg ≈ 100 units (U-100)
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How it works

Prostatilen is a pharmaceutical-grade polypeptide extract derived from the prostate glands of young bulls. Manufactured primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe, it is an injectable therapeutic containing water-soluble peptides with specific tropism (attraction) to the human prostate gland.

It acts by improving prostate microcirculation, reducing tissue edema (swelling), inhibiting leukocyte infiltration (inflammation), and normalizing the secretory function of prostate epithelial cells. It is a widely prescribed clinical treatment in Russia for chronic abacterial prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It works via the same tissue-specific gene regulation pathways as the oral Cytomax version (Libidon), but at a higher, clinical-grade concentration.

Source: PMID: 15677927

Khavinson map

Adjacent (not padded into the 41)
Class
Pharmaceutical extract (Cytamin-era)
Organ
Prostate
Target
Prostate
System
Reproductive
Sequence
Mixture / not a single CAS
Простатилен

Used in bioregulator stacks

Manufacturer-style organ combinations - not FDA protocols. Every name is a live leaf.

The Khavinson school

Vladimir Khatskelevich Khavinson (1946–2024) spent five decades at what became the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology arguing a simple, stubborn idea: aging is, in part, a failure of tissue-specific peptide signals, and those signals can be restored. The first products were not “peptides” in the Instagram sense. They were Cytamins - polypeptide fractions isolated from a named organ of young animals. Later commercial refinements of those fractions are sold as Cytomaxes (Cytomed / NPCRIZ): still mixtures, still oral capsules, still defined by the source organ rather than a single sequence. When the group identified short active motifs inside those mixtures, they synthesized them as Cytogens - di-, tri-, and tetrapeptides with a one-letter code (KE, AEDG, KED, EDR, KEDP, and so on).

That three-layer stack is the whole map. Cytamin / pharmaceutical extracts (Thymalin, Epithalamin, Cortexin, Retinalamin, Prostatilen) are the clinic-era injectables registered in the former Soviet pharmacopeia. Cytomaxes are the capsule complexes Cytomed still lists as a 21-SKU organ line. Cytogens are the defined synthetics. English-language educators, including Brenden Henry’s public writing at Peptide Science Institute, add a further commercial distinction - later analog SKUs (N-acetyl, amidate, “V2” complexes) sold as more stable or more diverse than the original Cytomed lots. That last layer is a product taxonomy, not a Khavinson paper. We describe it so readers are not gaslit by three bottles with the same organ name. We do not reproduce paid Peptide Mastery protocols, Precision Cell Method language, or anyone else’s course IP.

Full Cytamin → Cytomax → Cytogen map, literature limits, and how we counted 41

The mechanism Khavinson published is epigenetic, not receptor-agonist in the GLP-1 sense. Short peptides are claimed to enter nuclei, interact with DNA/histones, and reopen tissue-specific transcription that condensed with age (heterochromatin → euchromatin). Reviews in the Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine and Neuroendocrinology Letters (PMID 14523363, 15677927, 23888677) are the citable core. Complementary GI pharmacology is not mystical: di- and tripeptides are PEPT1/LAT substrates, which is why oral capsules are even a conversation. What is not established in Western Phase 3 programs is organ-by-organ disease treatment, telomere reversal as a clinical endpoint, or the manufacturer claim that Cytomax is “a third stronger” than Cytogen. Those are NPCRIZ marketing sentences.

Khavinson’s group published hundreds of papers, many in Russian, many in the same journal family. That is a real literature. It is also a literature with limited independent Western replication, small n, and a habit of using one review PMID as a stamp on every organ. On this site a leaf earns its organ story, its Cytomax↔Cytogen pair, its sequence if it has one, and an honest sentence about what has not been shown. Reconstitution math belongs on cytogens sold as vials. Cytomax capsules do not get a fake 5 mg vial.

The 41 we treat as canonical are the 21 Cytomaxes on the public e-peptide/Cytomed list, the 12 Cytogens on that same commercial line (including Vesilut, which Western catalogs often drop), plus eight historically load-bearing molecules that sit beside the capsule SKUs: Epitalon, Vilon, Thymogen, Livagen, Cortagen, Prostamax, Thymalin, and Epithalamin. Honluten, Cortexin, Retinalamin, Prostatilen, Thymulin, N-acetyl-epitalon-amidate, Pinalex, and the GPL Man / GPL Femme kits are covered as adjacent - same school or same storefront, not padded into a fake 41.

Public English-language teaching (including Brenden Henry at peptidescienceinstitute.com) is cited as context, not copied. Paid Peptide Mastery / Peptide Salvation text stays theirs.

History of this molecule

Authorized extract product in its home market, rectal and injectable presentations in labeling folklore. That is a different object than a 10 mg KEDP research vial. We keep the triad honest.

Caveats

Extract. Rising PSA is a workup. Not FDA in the US as this named product for BPH in the American sense.

Full 41-map: Khavinson bioregulators index · Bioregulator stacks

Research Use Cases

  • ✓Chronic abacterial prostatitis
  • ✓Benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • ✓Post-prostatectomy recovery
  • ✓Male genitourinary aging

Dosing

PhaseDoseFrequencyNotes
Clinical Protocol5 - 10 mgDaily IM injection for 5-10 daysRussian clinical standard for prostatitis. Often also available as a rectal suppository (Vitaprost).

Administration

Route / form
Pharmaceutical extract - historically intramuscular or rectal suppository (Prostatilen / Samprost). Not a Cytomax capsule.
Timing
Course-based injectable / extract timing per the pharmaceutical presentation - food does not change an IM or parabulbar shot.
Empty stomach?
No - These are clinic-era injectables or suppositories, not capsules. Food timing does not apply.

Prostatilen: CIS IM extract vs Rectal suppository

CIS IM extract
Bioavailability
CIS pharmaceutical prostate extract (Prostatilen / Vitaprost / Samprost). Documented injectable route is intramuscular. Not KEDP SubQ and not a bladder peptide. Samprost is this extract’s brand, not Chitomur.
Dose note
Ampoule / clinic kit: mix per the pharmaceutical presentation. Do not invent a 5 mg/mL BAC SubQ lifestyle chart for an extract lot. Folklore is 5–10 mg IM daily for 5–10 days. Research-chem “Prostatilen” may be mislabeled KEDP. Match the pharmaceutical presentation.
Advantages
  • Authorized extract product in its home market. Real triad with Libidon and Prostamax.
  • IM is the injectable clinic route, not a 5 mg abdomen lifestyle chart.
  • Food does not change an IM shot.
Considerations
  • Not a US BPH indication. Rising PSA is a workup.
  • Not Vesilut / Chitomur (bladder). Catalogs that file Samprost under bladder are mixing the brand.
  • Identity risk on gray-market powder.
Rectal suppository
Bioavailability
The documented non-injectable presentation is a rectal suppository (Prostatilen / Vitaprost), not a swallowed Libidon Cytomax capsule and not a sublingual tablet. Libidon is the oral prostate complex on a different leaf.
Dose note
Suppository courses follow the home-market insert (order of daily use for several days). If you swallowed a capsule, you bought Libidon or Prostamax cytogen, not this extract.
Advantages
  • Rectal suppository is a real CIS presentation for this extract.
  • Keeps Libidon (Cytomax swallow) separate from the extract.
  • Not a sublingual tablet. Nobody manufactures this SKU that way.
Considerations
  • Suppository ≠ Prostamax KEDP capsule ≠ Libidon capsule.
  • Not tadalafil. Not finasteride.
  • Do not invent a swallowed-extract dose to look complete.
Recommendation: Prostatilen is a CIS prostate extract: IM or rectal suppository. It is not in the 41. It is not Prostamax (KEDP cytogen, capsule-or-vial), not Libidon (prostate Cytomax), not Samprost-as-bladder, and not a 5 mg BAC SubQ chart. Dose the presentation in the box.

Timeline

Day 5-10
Significant subjective reduction in pelvic pain and urinary urgency.
Month 1+
Reduced prostate volume and improved microcirculation.

Who it is for

Chronic Prostatitis / BPH

Moderate

Registered medicine in Russia for acute and chronic prostate inflammation.

Reconstitution

VialWaterConcentrationExample dose
5 mg lyophilized1 mL BAC5 mg/mLExtract kits vs research cakes. Capsules skip the calculator.

Change vial size or water volume? Open the reconstitution calculator.

Safety & Considerations

Registered pharmaceutical in Russia. Clinical trials show very low incidence of systemic side effects. Painful administration (IM injection) compared to oral Libidon.

Regulatory & Legal Status

FDA Status (US)
Research Only
WADA Status (2026)
Not Listed

Not currently on the WADA 2026 Prohibited List. Policies may change - verify before competition.

Classification

Research Chemical

US Compounding: Not eligible / not available

⚠️ This information is for educational purposes only and may not reflect the most current regulatory updates. Always verify with official FDA, WADA, and jurisdiction-specific sources before use.

Limits of current evidence

  • PMID 15677927 is organ-map class, not an FDA BPH program.
  • This site will not treat BPH or prostatitis from this page.

Verdict

Prostatilen is the prostate tissue extract. Prostamax is KEDP. Samprost/Vitaprost are brand collisions. Not finasteride.

Interactions & Contraindications

Standard Cytomax/injection protocol. No significant drug interactions reported in Russian clinical literature.

Synergies & Common Stacks

Prostate extract plus testicular cytogen in Khavinson practice. School pairing, not a male-reproductive NDA on this site.

Prostatilen + Libidon both target prostate health - Prostatilen from natural extract, Libidon from synthetic peptide approach.

Frequently Asked Questions

In the 41?▼
No. Pharma extract layer. Libidon and Prostamax are in the 41.
Vs Prostamax?▼
Mixture extract vs KEDP.
BPH?▼
CIS product history ≠ US BPH indication.
Same as Libidon?▼
Same gland, different class (extract vs Cytomax complex).
Is Samprost a bladder peptide?▼
No. Samprost (Сампрост) is a brand name for this prostate extract (also Vitaprost). The bladder Cytomax is Chitomur; Vesilut is the bladder cytogen. Catalogs that file Samprost under bladder are mixing the brand.
IM, rectal, or capsule?▼
This extract is IM or rectal suppository. Libidon is the swallowed prostate Cytomax. Prostamax is KEDP (capsule-or-vial). Not a sublingual tablet and not a 5 mg BAC abdomen chart.
How does Prostatilen differ from Libidon?▼
They are functionally identical in mechanism. Libidon is classed as a food supplement (Cytomax) for oral preventative use. Prostatilen is a much higher concentration, purified extract classified as a prescription medicine for intramuscular injection to treat acute pathology.
Is Samprost a bladder bioregulator?▼
No. Samprost (Сампрост) is a Russian brand name for the prostate extract also sold as Prostatilen / Vitaprost. The bladder Cytomax is Chitomur; the bladder cytogen is Vesilut. Catalogs that file Samprost under urinary/bladder are mixing up the brand.

References

  1. Khavinson VKh et al. “Tissue-specific effects of peptides.” Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (2005). PMID: 15677927
  2. Al-Shukri SK et al. “"Efficacy of prostatilen in the treatment of chronic prostatitis".” Urologiia (2006). PMID: 16922119
Recommended sourceOral bioregulator

Get Prostatilen from Vita-Stream - a distributor for Khavinson-line oral capsules. No reconstitution math on a Cytomax bottle.

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