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VSA-1

Vaxjo ID 206
Vaccine Adjuvant Name VSA-1
Adjuvant VO ID VO_0005326
Description A vaccine adjuvant that is prepared by derivatizing a natural Momordica saponin in one chemical step. VSA-1 is chemically more stable than QS-21. VSA-1 is much less toxic than QS-21. The Momordica saponins are from sustainable sources and widely available
Stage of Development Research
Location Licensed US (U of Alabama:Birmingham)
Host Species for Testing 3
Components Momordica saponins
Storage 4C
Preparation saponins isolated using the published procedure (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb1958/33/2/33_2_464/_article/-char/ja/)
Safety much less toxic than QS21
References
(Wang, 2025): Vaccine Adjuvant Compendium - VAC [https://vac.niaid.nih.gov/view?id=41]
Wang et al., 2019: Wang P, Ding X, Kim H, Škalamera Đ, Michalek SM, Zhang P. Vaccine Adjuvants Derivatized from Momordica Saponins I and II. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 2019; 62(21); 9976-9982. [PubMed: 31657920].