Thanks for posting.
Some
unbiased comments:
1 They look like legit HPLC reports.
2 No HPLC report can tell you if it's really Testosterone / Nandrolone (or any other substance) by itself (that's why GC-MS is used for identification).
So while they look like legit HPLC reports, I can't tell if they're for T/Deca indeed (nobody can).
3 While you might
roughly identify steroids by their with a know method with Relative Retention Times, no method was disclosed
https://www.agilent.com/cs/library/applications/5991-8948_UHPLC-MSMS_AppNote.pdf
So I can't tell if they're T/Deca charts indeed by looking at their RTs.
4 Aegan used UPLC instead of HPLC, so fewer methods are available online for comparison.
5 UPLC is the way to go. Tests takes <5 minutes with UPLC as compared to the typical 15-20 minutes for HPLC.
6
@aegean analyzer can you please ask them how the peak height or Area Under Curve in the chart translated to concentration or purity % for raws?
i.e. what's the math behind it?
This is general info every customer is entitled to know.
The first two charts look fine. No way they're invalid in any way.
But I agree that peaks should better get sharper.
But I agree that the third one even has negative mAU.
I wonder if they switched the mobile phase (solvent) just to try it, I wonder why.
Why do we get negative peaks in HPLC?
I also wonder if they were trying to develop a method using another,
less suitable column, the one that's already in the machine.
This is UG testing, so they can't ask management for a check to buy another column.
While Aegan could buy the proper column himself, but maybe he ain't allowed to open the machine to replace it.
I also wonder if they switched detectors. i.e. refraction instead of UV.
Wait time is unavoidable for a proper lab
not only Aegan must wait so they can sneak the test in,
labs must also wait to gather enough samples of the same substance to make the most out of every reference standard.
Some
pharma labs test 10 samples between each calibration run,
and that's for pharma QC
so for UG testing, you can expect 20, or 30+ sample runs between calibrations.
Bottomline:
So far @aegean analyzer looks like the ONLY legit UG testing lab in Meso at the current time.
Only equaled by former Analyzer.