The research library

A closer look at every compound.

Where the research began. What the records tell us. How to understand the material in front of you.

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38 articles · Research context, clearly explained

Compounds

Research article 1:

The first 29 of human GHRH’s 44 amino acids, with nothing added.

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Research article 2:

A lipid-linked peptide built to act on two related hormone receptors at once.

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Research article 3:

Part of the hormone α-MSH, rebuilt in 1989 as a cyclic seven-residue peptide to study melanocortin receptors.

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Research article 4:

The last 15 amino acids of human growth hormone, plus one tyrosine.

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Blends

Research article 5:

A four-peptide blend, taken apart component by component.

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Research article 6:

A seven-residue analogue of an ACTH fragment, with more than two decades of research behind it.

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Research article 7:

A seven-residue analogue of tuftsin, from the same research tradition as its sister peptide.

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Research article 8:

A nine-residue peptide first isolated in 1977, still an unresolved riddle.

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Research article 9:

A copper-binding tripeptide first reported in human plasma in 1973.

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Research article 10:

A fifteen-residue fragment first described in gastric-juice research in the early 1990s.

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Research article 11:

A peptide encoded in mitochondrial DNA, first described in 2015.

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Research article 12:

A cell-permeable tetrapeptide designed to reach the inner mitochondrial membrane.

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Research article 13:

A trade name for peptides based on thymosin beta-4, the actin-binding protein found in most cells.

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Research article 14:

Three amino acids from the tail of α-MSH, studied as a peptide in their own right.

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Research article 15:

A coenzyme found in every living cell, handled in the lab like a peptide.

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Research article 16:

Three amino acids with an unusual bond, and the most abundant small thiol inside cells.

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Research article 17:

Four amino acids, designed in St. Petersburg from the composition of a pineal-gland extract.

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Research article 18:

A 28-residue peptide first sequenced from calf thymus in 1977.

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Research article 19:

A cyclic melanocortin peptide, one chemical group away from the compound it came from.

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Research article 20:

A small molecule, not a peptide, built to block one enzyme in nicotinamide metabolism.

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Research article 21:

A five-residue peptide described in 1998 as the first selective growth hormone secretagogue.

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Research article 22:

All 44 amino acids of human GHRH, plus one small chemical cap.

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Compounds

Research article 23:

A large synthetic peptide built to act on several hormone receptors at once.

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Blends

Research article 24:

Three peptides in one vial, taken apart component by component.

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Blends

Research article 25:

Two peptides, two receptors, one vial, and what “No DAC” means.

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Lab essentials

Research article 26:

Sterile water with one added ingredient, and why that ingredient matters in the lab.

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Comparisons

Research article 27: vs

Two seven-residue peptides with the same tail and different parents.

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Research article 28: vs

Two unrelated peptides that keep turning up in the same studies.

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Research article 29: vs

Two blends that share three peptides. One extra ingredient makes the difference.

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Research article 30: vs

One keeps the whole hormone and protects its start. The other keeps only the first 29 amino acids.

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Comparisons

Research article 31: Bacteriostatic vs sterile water

Same water, one preservative apart. That difference decides how many times a vial can be used.

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Comparisons

Research article 32: Nasal spray vs vial

One arrives as powder, the other ready to use. How the two formats differ in the lab.

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Guides

Research article 33: Where to buy peptides

Eight checks that separate a documented supplier from a risky one.

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Guides

Research article 34: How to read a peptide COA

Three results, three different questions. Read them separately.

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Research article 35: How to store peptides

What water, heat, light and repeated freezing do to a peptide, and how to limit each.

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Research article 36: How to reconstitute peptides

Seven steps from dry powder to a clear, labeled vial, plus the concentration math.

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Research article 37: What are research peptides?

What the RUO label means, where it comes from, and what it does not promise.

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Research article 38: How long bacteriostatic water lasts

Unopened, opened and mixed: three different clocks.

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