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By products of the process, left over reagents, whatever was used to extract or separate the product in question. Think heavy metals, intermediates and a lot of

By products of the process, left over reagents, whatever was used to extract or separate the product in question. Think heavy metals, intermediates and a lot of mystery chemicals. It's not FDA approved and probably made in lab with the same stringent quality controls as the clandestine ones in China pumping out similar things. The 98% purity thing shows that they weren't willing to put in the extra investment to run enough solvent washes / whatever to not poison their customers.

Thriptic 11y ago
A research compound doesn't need to be 100% pure. It's not meant for human use.
- phkahler 11y ago
  >> A research compound doesn't need to be 100% pure. It's not meant for human use. Then why does it come in pill form? And why do they only sell it to researchers - including those doing clinical trials?
  - benchtobedside 11y ago
    The compound mentioned in the source article, FG-4592, is delivered in a powder form [1], not a pill. It is available to researchers as they are able to use it in non-human assays, experiments and studies. [1] https://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/15294 https://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/1...
- task_queue 11y ago
  Unless its being sold as a reference compound for analysis, I highly doubt that. Reference chemicals are sold in sub gram amounts because they are not being consumed. They are also extremely pure and cost a lot because of that. There really aren't other offerings online for this chemical and I doubt that the suppliers are doing back alley deals with research teams in the US. Someone in the supply chain knows exactly what this compound is for. They know people are buying it to be consumed. They commissioned a foreign lab to have it produced. They could have found a pharm grade lab to produce it. They didn't, because the margins are high on quasi-illicit substances produced in Chinese labs. It was a cheap synthesis to get tons of the stuff on the market quickly with a huge margin. It's certainly meant for human use.

Thriptic 11y ago

A research compound doesn't need to be 100% pure. It's not meant for human use.

phkahler 11y ago
>> A research compound doesn't need to be 100% pure. It's not meant for human use. Then why does it come in pill form? And why do they only sell it to researchers - including those doing clinical trials?
- benchtobedside 11y ago
  The compound mentioned in the source article, FG-4592, is delivered in a powder form [1], not a pill. It is available to researchers as they are able to use it in non-human assays, experiments and studies. [1] https://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/15294 https://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/1...
task_queue 11y ago
Unless its being sold as a reference compound for analysis, I highly doubt that. Reference chemicals are sold in sub gram amounts because they are not being consumed. They are also extremely pure and cost a lot because of that. There really aren't other offerings online for this chemical and I doubt that the suppliers are doing back alley deals with research teams in the US. Someone in the supply chain knows exactly what this compound is for. They know people are buying it to be consumed. They commissioned a foreign lab to have it produced. They could have found a pharm grade lab to produce it. They didn't, because the margins are high on quasi-illicit substances produced in Chinese labs. It was a cheap synthesis to get tons of the stuff on the market quickly with a huge margin. It's certainly meant for human use.