DalarginДаларгин
What is it?
A synthetic six-amino-acid analogue of Leu-enkephalin: Tyr–D-Ala–Gly–Phe–Leu–Arg. It belongs to opioid-peptide research rather than the organ-extract bioregulator family. Receptor activity and tissue effects depend on the experimental setting.
Identity / background source ↗
Research context
A Soviet synthetic opioid hexapeptide investigated in cytoprotection, stress, hypoxia, ischemia and trauma. Its enkephalin lineage is distinct from organ-derived peptide bioregulators; historical proposals and laboratory effects are not established clinical indications.
What the studies found
human comparative · 2023
104 severe combined-trauma patients
Among 104 patients (38 Dalargin, 66 controls), the authors reported lower oxidative-stress markers and fewer ARDS/acute kidney injury events. Mortality and infectious complications were comparable; antioxidant activity remained below normal. Hospitalization was shorter among survivors receiving Dalargin.
Limit: Unequal groups; randomized allocation and blinding not established in this appraisal.
Dalargin and oxidative stress in severe combined trauma: a prospective clinical study ↗animal · 2000
Rats; pressure-chamber model reported as approximately 12,200 m
The dissertation transcription reports longer survival in severe hypobaric hypoxia at testing times through 168 hours after ordinary intravenous administration and through 336 hours with erythrocyte-carrier delivery. Liver and oxidative-stress markers varied by delivery method and time.
Limit: Rat experiments do not establish human altitude protection or a seven-day clinical effect.
Dalargin and liver function during acute hypoxia ↗in vitro · 1999
Isolated preparations from guinea pig, hamster, mouse, rat and rabbit
Isolated-tissue assays showed that D-Ala configuration and other sequence modifications altered potency, peptidase resistance and receptor preference. The tested Dalargin profile favored μ activity; this does not settle receptor contributions in every tissue or disease model.
Limit: Animal-tissue bioassays, not a human efficacy or safety trial.
Activity profiles of dalargin and its analogues in μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptor selective bioassays ↗Selected findings, not a systematic review or a treatment recommendation. Combination and related-preparation results cannot be attributed to this compound alone. See each source for access status and remaining limitations.
- Working classification
- Synthetic enkephalin analogue
- Research collection
- Opioid-peptide cytoprotection · editorial grouping
- Institutional provenance
- Not established for this compound record
- Last evidence review
- Full evidence review pending; source-check scope appears with each publication below.
What do we know?
- Human research
- —A 104-patient trauma comparison; hearing patent case material kept separate
- Study methods
- —Receptor assays, animal dissertations, human comparison and patents
- Independent replication
- —Independent clinical replication not established by this collection
- Source access
- —Indexed abstracts, publisher text, patent tables and dissertation transcriptions
- Safety evidence
- —Delivery and clinical context matter; long-term and combination safety remain unresolved
These are independent review fields, not a rating. Missing evidence in this starter does not mean no research exists.
From enkephalin design to tissue-injury research
Dalargin connects endogenous opioid-peptide biology with the experimental question of tissue resistance to stress. Its D-Ala substitution and terminal arginine distinguish it from natural Leu-enkephalin. The 1999 receptor study shows why sequence, assay and formulation must remain attached to mechanistic claims. It is not interchangeable with Semax, Selank or tissue-derived bioregulators.
The Titov–Vinogradov–Bespalova citation from 1985 explicitly frames Dalargin as cytoprotective. Gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and stress research became different branches of that idea. A coherent historical rationale does not establish effectiveness across all those settings.
Mine-blast hearing injury: an unusual human report
RU2323019C1 describes combined Dalargin and electropuncture in blast-related hearing injury. It is patent case material, not a modern randomized trial. Its proposed hypoxia and microcirculation rationale is a hypothesis; the contribution of Dalargin cannot be isolated. The research record preserves the reported outcomes and the patent’s internal numerical inconsistency.
Severe hypoxia: animal survival, not altitude protection
Kalinin’s 2000 dissertation investigates rats in a pressure chamber, comparing ordinary administration with experimental erythrocyte-carrier delivery. The reported persistence at later testing times is a question for replication, not evidence that the peptide remains in circulation for days or that a person can safely tolerate extreme altitude. Survival tables, the early time notation and original scans need reconciliation.
Stress, resuscitation and clinical trauma
Frantsuzova’s animal dissertation compares Dalargin, Picamilon and Mildronate. These are separate approaches, not an established three-agent combination. Razgonov’s dissertation abstract documents a different Dalargin–Mildronate resuscitation research program; claims of synergy need original interaction analyses.
The 2023 prospective trauma comparison is a more recent human source. Its biochemical and organ-dysfunction findings must be read alongside comparable mortality and infections, unequal groups and unresolved allocation. It does not justify an improvement-in-survival claim.
Historical combinations and delivery are separate questions
Archived proposals include Dalargin with ketorolac during prolonged evacuation, multicomponent hemorrhagic-shock care, and Bemitil, Dalargin and acupuncture for chronic hearing loss. None establishes a general-purpose stack. Topical burn formulations and erythrocyte carriers must also be distinguished from ordinary systemic Dalargin.
Bibliography and remaining research gaps
Dalargin — a peptide preparation with cytoprotective action
Foundational citation verified in a later original article bibliography; original 1985 paper remains an acquisition target.
Source and access status ↗Synthetic peptide bioregulators in adaptation to extreme exposures
High-priority acquisition target. Citation in a later original paper; original dissertation not recovered.
Source and access status ↗Dalargin with ketorolac during prolonged medical evacuation — RU2306146C1
Patent reproduction describes field-trauma cases and combined analgesia. Historical proposal, not independently validated treatment or an isolated Dalargin effect.
Source and access status ↗Early hemorrhagic-shock therapy — RU2258529C1
Multicomponent proposal uses Dalargin or Mildronate and makes the choice conditional on blood pressure. Not evidence for a general shock-prevention stack.
Source and access status ↗Topical hexapeptide for wound and burn injuries — RU2687485C1
Formulation-specific wound/burn research lead; not evidence that systemic Dalargin has the same effects.
Source and access status ↗Dalargin severe-trauma study — publisher PDF
Same publication as dalargin-trauma-2023, not an additional trial.
Source and access status ↗Razgonov — digital dissertation abstract
Same document as dalargin-resuscitation-1999; original tables remain a recovery priority.
Source and access status ↗Further acquisition priorities include the Slepushkin–Zoloev–Vinogradov–Titov neuropeptide monograph (1988), Zakharova’s immobilization-stress dissertation (1988), early Zakusov–Yasnetsov opioid/hypoxia experiments, and the original military-medical anti-ischemia paper. Bibliographic details and original texts need verification before study-level findings can be entered.
Burns/DSIP comparisons, radiation/Actovegin comparisons, hypothermia and gastrointestinal clinical reports remain additional retrieval leads. Mentioning these branches does not establish positive results. Blood-pressure effects and delivery-specific safety require dedicated appraisal; peripheral action is not a safety guarantee.
Linked sources
Explore the research map and unresolved leads ↗
Activity profiles of dalargin and its analogues in μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptor selective bioassays
N. Pencheva, J. Pospišek, L. Hauzerova, T. Barth, P. Milanov · British Journal of Pharmacology. 128(3):569–576
Isolated-tissue assays showed that D-Ala configuration and other sequence modifications altered potency, peptidase resistance and receptor preference. The tested Dalargin profile favored μ activity; this does not settle receptor contributions in every tissue or disease model.
- Population / setting
- Isolated preparations from guinea pig, hamster, mouse, rat and rabbit
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Animal-tissue bioassays, not a human efficacy or safety trial.
- Dalargin analogues are not interchangeable with the parent peptide.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Dalargin and electropuncture for acute hearing injury after mine blasts — RU2323019C1
· Russian patent RU2323019C1
The patent describes 123 patients with blast-related mixed hearing injury. Its tables report complete restoration in 22.3%, improvement in 34.7% and no effect in 43% following combined treatment. Tinnitus improvement is also reported.
- Population / setting
- 123 patients; Dalargin plus electropuncture, with middle-ear surgery described subsequently
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Patent case material does not establish randomized allocation, blinding or Dalargin monotherapy efficacy.
- One narrative passage reverses the restoration/improvement percentages; the summary follows the results tables.
- Mixed middle- and inner-ear injuries and associated procedures limit attribution.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Dalargin and liver function during acute hypoxia
V. Yu. Kalinin · Candidate dissertation, 2000; web transcription
The dissertation transcription reports longer survival in severe hypobaric hypoxia at testing times through 168 hours after ordinary intravenous administration and through 336 hours with erythrocyte-carrier delivery. Liver and oxidative-stress markers varied by delivery method and time.
- Population / setting
- Rats; pressure-chamber model reported as approximately 12,200 m
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Rat experiments do not establish human altitude protection or a seven-day clinical effect.
- Original scan and survival tables remain to be reconciled; numerical survival values are withheld.
- The early time point appears as 0.15 hours in the transcription; it is not safely interpretable as 15 minutes.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Protective activity of Mildronate, Dalargin and Picamilon in experimental stress
T. I. Frantsuzova · Candidate dissertation, Saransk, 2011; 129 pages
The dissertation examines three separate pharmacological approaches to experimental stress, including behavior, gastric injury and nonspecific cellular immunity. The comparative program connects opioid-peptide research with Picamilon and Mildronate.
- Population / setting
- Experimental animal stress models
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Selected transcription reviewed; full tables and statistical appraisal remain pending.
- Head-to-head comparison is not evidence of a three-drug combination or human stress treatment.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Post-resuscitation hemostasis correction with Dalargin and Mildronate
F. I. Razgonov · Omsk, 1999; dissertation abstract, 25 pages
The Russian State Library verifies a 1999 experimental dissertation abstract on Dalargin and Mildronate in post-resuscitation hemostasis. A linked digital abstract is listed; efficacy and synergy claims require original-table review.
- Population / setting
- Experimental resuscitation research
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Catalog metadata establishes the document, not the effectiveness of treatment.
- Animal resuscitation experiments cannot be generalized to healthy-user combinations.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Dalargin and oxidative stress in severe combined trauma: a prospective clinical study
V. V. Antonova, A. K. Evseev, I. V. Goroncharovskaya, A. Yu. Ryzhkov, O. A. Grebenchikov, A. K. Shabanov · Annals of Critical Care. 2023;(4):185–196
Among 104 patients (38 Dalargin, 66 controls), the authors reported lower oxidative-stress markers and fewer ARDS/acute kidney injury events. Mortality and infectious complications were comparable; antioxidant activity remained below normal. Hospitalization was shorter among survivors receiving Dalargin.
- Population / setting
- 104 severe combined-trauma patients
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Unequal groups; randomized allocation and blinding not established in this appraisal.
- Biomarker changes do not prove improved survival; survivor-only length of stay requires caution.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.
Receptor specificity of the antiarrhythmic effect of Dalargin and DADLE during myocardial reperfusion
· Indexed original publication; PMID 12124638
The experimental report describes prevention of ventricular arrhythmias when Dalargin or DADLE was given before coronary reperfusion. It investigates opioid-receptor involvement rather than establishing a clinical antiarrhythmic treatment.
- Population / setting
- Experimental myocardial reperfusion
- What was checked
- Selected source text and metadata checked; full risk-of-bias review pending.
Limitations & review scope
- Preclinical model; no human treatment benefit established.
- DADLE and Dalargin are distinct peptides.
Source checked 2026-10-04. This is a source-linked record, not a completed evidence review.