Research

Literature overviews and laboratory reference guides. Written for research use only — no health claims, no dosing guidance for human use.

How to Read a Peptide Certificate of Analysis (COA)

A practical guide to verifying purity, identity, and third-party test results before using a research compound.

How to Read an HPLC Chromatogram on a Peptide COA

Retention time, the main peak, impurity peaks, and what an area-percent purity figure can and cannot tell you.

Peptide Reconstitution and Storage: A Laboratory Handling Guide

Water selection, mixing technique, temperature, light exposure, and shelf-life for reconstituted research compounds.

NAD+ in Cellular Research: Mitochondrial Function and Aging Studies

A literature overview of NAD+ research — mitochondrial energy metabolism, DNA repair, and sirtuin-linked cellular aging — with cited primary studies.

GLP-1/GIP/Glucagon Triple Agonists: A Metabolic Research Overview

Mechanism, preclinical findings, and published clinical trial data on triple receptor agonist research.

BPC-157 & TB-500: Tissue Repair Research in Current Literature

A literature overview of BPC-157 and thymosin beta-4 (TB-500) research: angiogenesis, muscle-tendon healing, and wound repair mechanisms in animal models.

GHK-Cu Research: Collagen, Wound Models and Copper Binding

What cell-culture, rat wound-model and structural studies report about the copper-binding tripeptide GHK-Cu, and at what level of evidence.

MOTS-c Research: A Peptide Encoded in Mitochondrial DNA

What cell and mouse studies report about MOTS-c, a 16-amino-acid peptide encoded in mitochondrial DNA, and what the human data do and do not measure.

Selank and Semax Research: Two Synthetic Regulatory Peptides

Their shared Pro-Gly-Pro design, and what rat and mouse studies report on BDNF and gene expression, with a note on who did the research.

Lyophilized Peptide Stability: How Dry Peptides Degrade

Why peptides are freeze-dried, which reactions still degrade the dry powder, what drives them, and how to handle a sealed vial.

Peptide Analysis Glossary: COA and Lab Terms Explained

Plain definitions of the terms on a Certificate of Analysis and in lab handling: HPLC, purity, mass spectrometry, net content, lyophilization and more.

ROVIQ Lab Results: HPLC Purity by Lot

HPLC-UV purity and LC-MS identity for 19 ROVIQ lots, as reported by Freedom Diagnostics, with the lot number, accession number and full COA for each.

How to Verify a Peptide COA Is Genuine: A Step-by-Step Check

How to check that a Certificate of Analysis is authentic and describes your lot: find the lab yourself, use its report lookup, match the lot, and know the red flags.

What Is a Peptide? Amino Acids, Peptide Bonds and Structure

Peptide chemistry in plain terms: amino acids, the peptide bond, peptides versus proteins, how sequences are written, and how research peptides are made.