BioNorth Labs

Peptides

Human Growth Hormone amount, purity and dimer and higher molecular weight proteins analysis

Content, purity and the share of dimers and higher molecular weight proteins.

Full details are in the parameters section below.

Beyond amount and purity, this analysis reports the fraction present as dimers and higher molecular weight proteins — the aggregates that form on poor storage and that a plain purity figure hides.

What you send in

One unopened vial, min. 4 IU

What the report contains

  • Content in IU or mg
  • Purity as a percentage
  • Dimer and HMWP fraction
  • Chromatogram
ParameterValue
Testing methodSE-HPLC + RP-HPLC
Result formatContent in IU or mg
Minimum sample amountOne unopened vial, min. 4 IU
Average turnaround time5-7 business days
Dimer reportingDimers and higher molecular weight proteins as % of total

€450.00

Additional services
  • What is this?

    Measures the trifluoroacetic acid left behind by purification. TFA is a counter-ion: it adds weight to the vial without adding peptide, which is why a vial can weigh exactly what the label says and still be underdosed.

  • What is this?

    The raw instrument files behind the report, so your own chemist can re-integrate the peaks instead of taking our integration on trust.

  • What is this?

    Targeted screen for fentanyl and its common analogues. A contamination question, not a purity one — trace amounts matter here, and the standard method is not looking for them.

  • What is this?

    Reports the result as mass-by-mass purity instead of milligrams per vial. Free of charge, and the more useful format for raw powder rather than a finished vial.

  • What is this?

    Several units from the same batch measured separately, so you see the spread between vials rather than one number that happens to come from one of them.

  • What is this?

    The pH of the solution as supplied, or of the lyophilizate once reconstituted.

  • What is this?

    Bacterial endotoxins by LAL, reported in endotoxin units and checked against the pharmacopoeia limit. Endotoxins survive sterilisation and stay invisible to a purity test.

  • What is this?

    Elemental analysis that separates net peptide from counter-ion salt and residual water. Together with the TFA figure it explains where a missing milligram went.

  • What is this?

    A second report on the same sample, issued under a different name or client reference.

  • What is this?

    Mass spectrometric screen for peptides that should not be in the vial at all — cross-contamination from shared synthesis or filling equipment.

  • What is this?

    The sample is cultured to establish whether viable bacteria or fungi are present. Adds to the turnaround: the incubation period cannot be shortened.

  • What is this?

    Lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury by ICP-MS, down to ppb level. Relevant for raw material of unknown origin.

Total€450.00

After checkout you receive a test ID and the shipping instructions. The turnaround time starts once your sample arrives at the lab.

Contact us

Not sure which analysis you need?

Tell us what the sample is and what you want to know about it, and we will point you at the right test — or tell you that no test we run will answer your question.

Response time
Within one business day, in English.
Shipping address
You receive the address to ship your sample to by email once you have placed an order.

Before you write

Two things make the answer a lot more useful:

  • What the sample is meant to be, and what the label declares.
  • The form it is in — oil solution, powder, tablets, lyophilised vial.

We cannot advise on dosing or human use, and we do not answer questions about where to obtain a compound.