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HPLC vs. Mass Spec: How Peptide Testing Works

HPLC and mass spec are the two tests you see most on peptide lab reports. They answer different questions. Here's what each one shows and what it can miss.

HPLC vs. Mass Spec: How Peptide Testing Works

HPLC and mass spec are the two tests you see most on peptide lab reports. They answer different questions. Here's what each one shows and what it can miss.

What Is 5-Amino-1MQ? Structure and NNMT Chemistry

5-Amino-1MQ often gets grouped with peptides. But it isn't a peptide at all. It's a small, charged ring molecule. At our small Michigan shop, we like to explain what a...

What Is 5-Amino-1MQ? Structure and NNMT Chemistry

5-Amino-1MQ often gets grouped with peptides. But it isn't a peptide at all. It's a small, charged ring molecule. At our small Michigan shop, we like to explain what a...

Lyophilized Peptide Storage: Cold, Dark, and Dry

Open a box of research peptides and you will see a small vial that looks almost empty. All that's inside is a thin white cake or powder. That is a...

Lyophilized Peptide Storage: Cold, Dark, and Dry

Open a box of research peptides and you will see a small vial that looks almost empty. All that's inside is a thin white cake or powder. That is a...

What Is Glutathione? A Plain-English Chemistry ...

Glutathione is one of the most-studied small molecules in biochemistry. It is also one of the most-searched compounds we carry. At our small Michigan shop, we like to explain what...

What Is Glutathione? A Plain-English Chemistry ...

Glutathione is one of the most-studied small molecules in biochemistry. It is also one of the most-searched compounds we carry. At our small Michigan shop, we like to explain what...

What Is KPV? Lys-Pro-Val Tripeptide Chemistry

KPV is just three amino acids clipped from the end of alpha-MSH. Here's the chemistry: sequence, formula, its two common forms, the research history, and how labs test it.

What Is KPV? Lys-Pro-Val Tripeptide Chemistry

KPV is just three amino acids clipped from the end of alpha-MSH. Here's the chemistry: sequence, formula, its two common forms, the research history, and how labs test it.

What Is GHK-Cu? Copper Peptide Chemistry Explained

GHK-Cu is a three-amino-acid peptide holding a copper ion. Here's the chemistry: structure, formula, how it binds copper, who found it, and how labs test it.

What Is GHK-Cu? Copper Peptide Chemistry Explained

GHK-Cu is a three-amino-acid peptide holding a copper ion. Here's the chemistry: structure, formula, how it binds copper, who found it, and how labs test it.