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Epitalon testing in Canada

Four residues and 390 daltons — the smallest compound we test. At this size, net peptide content is not a secondary figure. It is the whole question.

$249CAD

Results in about five business days from arrival

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  • Identity by LC–MS/MS
  • Purity, with the method stated
  • Net peptide content in mg
  • Chromatographic peak data
  • Certificate anyone can verify

Four residues, 390 daltons

A tetrapeptide, alanine-glutamate-aspartate-glycine, derived from work on a pineal gland extract conducted in the Soviet Union. Trivially cheap to synthesise by modern standards.

Residues
4
Formula
C14H22N4O9
Mol. weight
390.35 Da
Also called
Epithalon, AEDG

When the counterion outweighs the point

Counterion mass dominates

A trifluoroacetate counterion weighs 114 daltons. Against a peptide of 390, that single counterion is nearly a quarter of the combined mass before you account for residual water.

A vial can be entirely genuine, high purity, and still deliver far less peptide than the milligram figure on the label implies. Purity does not detect this. Net peptide content does, and it is reported separately for exactly this reason.

Too cheap to fake, easy to underfill

There is little incentive to substitute something else for a peptide this inexpensive. There is considerable incentive to put less of it in the vial, because nobody without an analytical balance and a mass spectrometer can tell.

Nothing official exists

Epitalon has no approved form, no monograph, and no regulatory specification in Canada. Every claim made about a vial originates with whoever sold it.

What your certificate reports

  1. Identity — confirmed from precursor-to-product-ion transitions on a triple quadrupole instrument, not inferred from retention time.
  2. Purity — measured at the quantifying transition, with the method named on the report.
  3. Net peptide content — quantified against an external calibration curve and reported as its own figure, in milligrams. Why this is a different number from purity.
  4. Peak data — the chromatographic results behind each figure, printed on the certificate rather than held back.

Common questions

How much sample do you need?

One unopened vial. Detailed posting instructions arrive with your order confirmation, immediately after you pay.

Does it need to be shipped cold?

No. Lyophilised peptides travel safely at room temperature, which is how nearly all samples reach us.

Who actually performs the analysis?

An independent Ontario laboratory. Every certificate we issue names the facility that ran it — we are a testing service, not a laboratory, and we would rather say so than let you find out from the report.

What if the result comes back bad?

You get the result. We do not soften findings, and we do not charge differently depending on what the analysis shows.

Can I verify the certificate is genuine?

Yes. Every certificate carries an identifier that anyone can check against our records, including the vendor you bought from.

Related reading

ExplainedPurity is not contentA vial can be 99% pure and hold a quarter less peptide than the label says.ExplainedHow labs know what is in a vialMass spectrometry without the jargon, and why weighing beats timing.ExplainedWhat testing findsWhat comes back across thousands of grey-market samples.

Test your epitalon

$249 CAD · about five business days from arrival · never leaves Canada

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