Comment · Tue, September 1, 2020 · ND Owner
Is Phenylpiracetam by NootropicsDepot a racemic mixture or only the R-isomer?
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vengeancefit · 5 points
I checked the product label on ND's website and I am unsure what to make of it. The label states: Phenylpiracetam (R,S)-2-(2-oxo-4-phenylpyrollidin-1-yl)acetamide. Does the bolded R mean it's the R-isomer variant of Phenylpiracetam?
Thanks in retrospect.
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vengeancefit · -3 points
Dude, you own a company that sells Phenylpiracetam... There's no motivation for you to tell me that phenylpiracetam is a waste of money.
The racemic mixture in rats didn't show any improvements in retention latency. Only the pure R-isomer mixture did.
You bringing up your lab makes no sense. Nevertheless, phenylpiracetam has no studies done in healthy adults to justify it's use. Au revoir.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
I own a company that analytically tests phenylpiracetam, which is what your entire question was about. You asked if it was R-phenylpiracetam. I told you it was racemic, which all phenylpiracetam currently sold is. I said that half your dose would be R-phenylpiracetam, which it is. You said studies showed otherwise, which they do not. Not once have I discusses efficacy or retention latency. I have only discussed chemistry, which is what your post was about. Chemistry is solved in the lab.
If you don't think phenylpiracetam is effective in humans, don't buy it. I really don't care. However, 50% of a dose of phenylpiracetam will be R-phenylpiracetam. That's how it works, and that is verified in our lab. If you want to get into circular arguments about efficacy and human studies, go for it. I am not involved in that.