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c/hplc·posted 1 months ago by u/mariam_cabrera

my eGFR moved and I cannot work out whether LC-MS is why

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Quick one. Canada here.

chromatogram works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 24 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/hplc_hobbyistruns their own column118 points·1 months ago

Ran the same vial on two columns, different purity, both right, different separation. Method matters more than equipment.

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u/fatima_yildiz97 points·1 months ago

the gradient is doing the separation work, not the column alone

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u/adaeze_batista31 points·1 months ago

Yeah, the chromatogram profile matters more than the headline number.

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u/hana_lehtinen132 points·1 months ago·edited

Strongly agree. Largest single impurity tells a different story than total purity.

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u/hedda_ekstrom43 points·1 months ago·edited

Strongly agree.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 9 weeks to accept.

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u/liv_okafor85 points·1 months ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/nabila_espinoza-2 points·1 months ago

co-elution is real and chromatogram is usually not enough to resolve it

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u/hazard_ratio_halstats1 point·1 months ago

chromatogram or it did not happen

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u/mariam_cabreraOP1 point·1 months ago

chromatogram or it did not happen

Disagree on that part. 97.9% and 97.6% on the same vial is normal.

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u/downvote_magnet1 point·1 months ago·edited

Yeah, the chromatogram profile matters more than the headline number.

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u/downvote_magnet122 points·1 months ago

the detector wavelength matters more than people think

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u/gustav_solberg44 points·1 months ago

Gradient goblin mode: changed the solvent composition 2 times, finally got good resolution on a purity peak.

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u/mariam_cabreraOP64 points·1 months ago

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

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