Buy the Mitochondrial Energy Stack in Canada
You can buy the Mitochondrial Energy stack in Canada from Vistara Labs: 1500mg Glutathione, 10mg SS-31 and 10mg or 40mg MOTS-c, three lyophilised vials shipped from within Canada. Each compound works at a different level of the same organelle: glutathione on the redox environment, SS-31 on the inner membrane and MOTS-c on metabolic signalling. In this guide we describe each vial, summarise what the research on it reports, explain the logic of the trio and show how to buy the mitochondrial energy stack Canada-wide.
View product →At a glance: Three sealed lyophilised vials make up this stack: 1500mg Glutathione, 10mg SS-31, and MOTS-c in your choice of 10mg or 40mg. Certificates of analysis from independent laboratories are on our Lab Reports page. Orders go out from within Canada by Canada Post Xpresspost, and anything placed before 3 pm Pacific, Monday to Friday, is dispatched that business day. We deliver to every province, including Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta.
Findings
- 1500mg Glutathione, 2015: a 6-month randomised, placebo-controlled trial in 54 non-smoking adults found oral glutathione lifted blood glutathione at 1, 3 and 6 months at both amounts tested.
- 10mg SS-31, 2025: under its clinical name, elamipretide, SS-31 gained its first FDA approval, for Barth syndrome, after extension-study patients walked about 96 metres farther in six minutes.
- 10mg or 40mg MOTS-c, origin: a 16-amino-acid peptide written in mitochondrial DNA rather than the nucleus, studied for glucose handling and the AMPK energy-sensing pathway.
What is in the Mitochondrial Energy stack?
| Vial | Size | Research area |
|---|---|---|
| Glutathione | 1500mg | Redox balance |
| SS-31 | 10mg | Inner-membrane structure |
| MOTS-c | 10mg or 40mg | Metabolic signalling |
The MOTS-c size is the one choice to make when ordering; glutathione and SS-31 are fixed at 1500mg and 10mg.
What is glutathione?
Glutathione is a tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine, with the glutamate joined through its side chain rather than a standard peptide bond. The sulfur group on cysteine is the working part: it donates electrons to neutralise reactive oxygen species and is then recycled. Cells hold glutathione in a reduced form (GSH) and an oxidised form (GSSG), and the ratio between them is a standard measure of oxidative stress. In the 2015 trial, the higher-amount group showed rises of 30 to 35 percent in red blood cells, plasma and lymphocytes by six months, the oxidised-to-reduced ratio fell, and natural killer cell activity more than doubled against placebo at three months. That trial used oral glutathione; the vial here is a laboratory material, tested at 99.8 percent purity.
What is SS-31?
SS-31 is a four-residue peptide, D-Arg-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2, in which Dmt is a modified tyrosine. It belongs to the Szeto-Schiller family, and its alternating pattern of positively charged and aromatic residues lets it cross cell membranes and gather in the inner mitochondrial membrane. There it binds cardiolipin, a lipid the energy-producing machinery depends on. Beyond Barth syndrome, a trial in dry age-related macular degeneration reported a 43 percent reduction in a key measure of retinal-cell loss, though some trials, including one in primary mitochondrial myopathy, missed their main endpoints. The approved medicine and the research vial are separate products.
What is MOTS-c?
Mitochondria carry a small genome of their own, a leftover of their origin as free-living bacteria, and MOTS-c is one of the few peptides encoded there. That origin is the reason it draws research interest. Published work centres on skeletal muscle and metabolic regulation, including how cells adapt to exercise and metabolic stress. Our certificate lists MOTS-c above 99 percent purity.
Why are these three compounds studied together?
Energy production in the mitochondria generates reactive oxygen species, depends on an intact inner membrane and is tuned by signals that tell the cell how to respond to demand. The stack assigns one compound to each of those layers. Glutathione is the antioxidant buffer, SS-31 is the structural component bound to cardiolipin, and MOTS-c is the signalling component that comes from the organelle’s own genome. The two peptides are compared directly in MOTS-c vs SS-31.
How are the vials prepared?
Each vial is a freeze-dried powder for reconstitution with bacteriostatic water in the laboratory. Glutathione holds far more material than a typical peptide vial, so its water volumes differ; our general guide on how to reconstitute peptides with bacteriostatic water and the glutathione reconstitution guide cover the method.
Stack or single vials?
- Glutathione. The Glutathione vial comes in 600mg and 1500mg; see our glutathione buying guide.
- SS-31. The 10mg SS-31 vial, with sourcing detail in our SS-31 buying guide.
- MOTS-c. The MOTS-c vial in 10mg or 40mg, explained in our MOTS-c buying guide.
Where to buy the Mitochondrial Energy stack in Canada
- Inside the country. Shipping from a Canadian address means the vials avoid customs entirely.
- Tracked and prompt. Weekday orders received by 3 pm Pacific are on their way by Xpresspost that business day, and Xpresspost is complimentary on larger orders.
- Ways to pay. Interac e-Transfer, all major credit cards and crypto (Bitcoin) are all accepted.
- Other stacks. See how this set compares with the rest in our guide to buying peptide stacks in Canada.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Mitochondrial Energy stack?
1500mg Glutathione, 10mg SS-31 and MOTS-c in either 10mg or 40mg, each a sealed lyophilised vial.
What has research on glutathione shown?
In a 6-month randomised trial of 54 adults, oral glutathione raised blood glutathione at every checkpoint and at both amounts, with rises of 30 to 35 percent in red blood cells, plasma and lymphocytes in the higher-amount group.
What has research on SS-31 and MOTS-c shown?
As elamipretide, SS-31 won FDA approval for Barth syndrome in late 2025, and extension-study patients walked about 96 metres farther on the six-minute walk test. MOTS-c, encoded in mitochondrial DNA, has been studied for glucose handling and AMPK signalling.
How does the Mitochondrial Energy stack ship?
By tracked Canada Post Xpresspost from within Canada, leaving that business day when ordered before 3 pm Pacific, Monday to Friday.
Sources: Richie JP Jr, et al. Eur J Nutr. 2015. PMID 24791752.
More on this: SS-31 (elamipretide): from research to FDA approval.
All products supplied by Vistara Labs are intended for laboratory research use only. They are not drugs, are not approved for human or veterinary use, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Nothing on this page constitutes medical advice or guidance for use in humans.
