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Guides to research peptides

Short, factual guides to storing, reconstituting and understanding research peptides, and to what research use only means in the UK. For laboratory research use only.

• How to store lyophilised peptides in the labStorage temperatures, light, moisture and freeze-thaw cycles for lyophilised (freeze-dried) research peptides, before and after reconstitution.
• Bacteriostatic water vs sterile waterThe difference between bacteriostatic water and sterile water for reconstituting lyophilised research peptides, and when labs use each.
• Selank vs Semax: how the two peptides differSelank and Semax are related synthetic heptapeptides from the same Moscow institute. How their structures and research backgrounds differ.
• What is a peptide?What peptides are, how they differ from proteins, how their sequences are written, and how research peptides are made.
• What is lyophilisation (freeze-drying)?How freeze-drying works, why research peptides are supplied lyophilised, and what the dried powder or cake in a vial should look like.
• Mitochondrial-derived peptides: MOTS-c, humanin and SHLPsWhat mitochondrial-derived peptides are, how humanin, MOTS-c and the small humanin-like peptides were discovered, and where the research stands.
• Why GHK-Cu is blue: copper peptide chemistryWhat GHK-Cu is, how the GHK tripeptide binds copper, why the complex is blue, and how it was first identified.
• What "research use only" means for peptides in the UKWhat research use only (RUO) means, why research peptides aren't medicines, food or cosmetics, and why sellers can't give advice about using them on people.
• How to choose a UK research peptide supplierA practical checklist for comparing UK research peptide shops: labelling, dispatch and tracking, payment protection, returns, support and red flags.

All products are sold strictly for in-vitro laboratory research. They are not medicines, food or cosmetics, and are not for human or veterinary use.