Comment · Sat, August 8, 2015 · Ceretropic
Be forewarned about buying powders in bulk from nootropicsdepot.com
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flacidbanana · 67 points
Be forewarned about buying powders in bulk from nootropicsdepot.com. Recently I ordered some theanine from them, I opened the packaging to pill up the powder, and I was greeted with the familiar smell of chlorinated solvent. There was so much that it caused agglomeration of the solid into noticeable chunks that started to become visible as I sifted the powder into the pills. Solid only forms malformed crystals when it is wet aka impure.
Why does this matter? These type of solvents are some of the most well known well known hepatoxins and carcinogens because of their usefulness.
How do I know they are using these type of solvents by just smell? Synthetic chemistry is my profession; stuff like CH2Cl2 is about as close to dirt cheap as possible. Monochloro-carbontetrachloride including dry HCl, the convenient byproduct, can be made from the combination of cow farts, light, and NaCl+electricity. DCM/chloroform are widely used for extractions and synthesis because they are polar, immiscible with water, and boil at a low temperatures.
How pure is 98% really? If we assume DCM was used, that e…
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onedialectic · 1 points
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Yeah, we bought some of their stock to sell on Ceretropic when they first shut down. That was back when we did not sell many powders. Ceretropic does not sell L-Theanine powder, though.
I have been trying to get ahold of Matt about this since it was posted. However, I think he might be on his honeymoon at the moment. I am friends with everyone over at ParMatrix, and purity/testing was a big part of their process. It seems unlike them to have something impure fall through the cracks. If there is a problem with their L-Theanine, it was a mistake, not a malicious attempt to make more profits.
I'll keep pinging Matt, and write their lab tech to get him to pull up analysis of that lot number.