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Has anyone dealt with are all coas created equal? mine looks different from others i see?

DebRD_ATL Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM 42 replies 1,906 viewsPage 5 of 9
SurmountFan_IN
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Sep 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM#21
BiostatsBrad said:
Third-party testing services for certificates of analysis besides Janoshik: Janoshik: Gold standard for peptide community, ~$138, 10-14 day turnaround…

My HPLC chromatogram analysis for certificates of analysis — I sent my batch to Janoshik and here's what the results showed:

Main peak retention time: 16.3 minutes (consistent with semaglutide reference standard)
Peak purity: 99.2%
Related substances: 0.8% (single impurity at 10.1 minutes — likely a synthesis intermediate)
Mass spec: m/z 4113.5 (matches expected molecular weight)

This is a clean result. The mass spec confirmation is particularly important — it proves the molecule is actually semaglutide and not a substitution.

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Sep 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM#22
BiostatsBrad said:
Third-party testing services for certificates of analysis besides Janoshik: Janoshik: Gold standard for peptide community, ~$138, 10-14 day turnaround…

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.

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Oct 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM#23
BiostatsBrad said:
Third-party testing services for certificates of analysis besides Janoshik: Janoshik: Gold standard for peptide community, ~$138, 10-14 day turnaround…

Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Taking it to my next appointment.

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Oct 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM#24

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

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Oct 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM#25
Dr.RenalNash said:
It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about.

Mine went the same way, slower. Posting only so the count is not one.

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