Comment · Tue, April 16, 2013 · Ceretropic
r/Nootropics Purity Testing
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 142 points
Myself and the other moderators have come up with a plan for 3rd party testing of various vendor's nootropics. Some of the vendors approached us looking for a way to advertise here, but have the money benefit the community directly. So we came up with a plan where they could sponsor 3rd party purity testing through us. They will donate funds to an account we have set up that will be used to test nootropics from the community. For doing so, they will be recognized in the FAQ with being an /r/Nootropics supporter.
We have been complacent for too long, ingestigating substances with only manufacturer COAs. Sometimes we don't even have reliable COAs at all. Along with my upcoming objective nootropic studies, this step should bring some scientific data that we have been lacking. Yes the study is still going forward. Samples from the HSW batches that will be used in the study are being tested as we speak at the lab. Once the results are back, we can move forward with the study.
Sophie from Modup has also donated funds to test two batches of nootropics. She has been very enthusiastic about helping the community out, and we thank her for being the first to donate money to the testing fun…
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earcaraxe · 2 points
This is absolutely awesome. I think definitely the piracet.am pills (I'm willing to send a batch of the ones I received over). I'd like to see CerebralHealth's results too.
I also received a batch of what's being sold as "Fluorafinil" from Nootomic which doesn't have any results anywhere, and was planning on testing with the typical reagent tests for mdma to see if it's a known fake. I'd definitely be down to submit some of that for testing as well.
Can you provide any information about the cost of testing / how much money per batch? Would love to see this thing take off.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Testing is between $150-$200 per compound. That is just for purity testing. If we want to do heavy metals or trace elements testing, then that would be more.
Also, any substance that does not have reference standards cannot be tested currently. Noopept is one that does not have current reference standards available, unfortunately.