Referenced Peptide Research Article

Plain explanations of published laboratory research, written for researchers, analysts and lab buyers. Every article names its sources and links to the original studies, so you can check each statement for yourself. Browse by topic, from mechanism explainers and peptide comparisons to handling guides and study summaries.

Lab Quality and Handling

Impurity thresholds: reading the numbers behind a purity figure

Impurity thresholds are the levels at which an impurity has to be reported, identified or [...]

Study Summaries

DSIP: study models, terminology and open questions

DSIP, delta sleep-inducing peptide, is a nine-residue peptide with the sequence Trp-Ala-Gly-Gly-Asp-Ala-Ser-Gly-Glu, first characterised in [...]

Lab Quality and Handling

Orthogonal identification: what a single HPLC number cannot tell you

Orthogonal identification means confirming what a peptide is with two or more independent methods that [...]

Compound Profiles

What is TB-500? The thymosin beta-4 fragment explained

TB-500 is a synthetic seven-residue peptide, Ac-LKKTETQ, modelled on a short region of the naturally [...]