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Know the lot.
Read the record.
A dedicated place for compound-specific certificates and original lot reports.
Library in preparation · 0 published reportsCOMPOUND & LOT LOOKUP
Find your COA.
Search a compound name, lot number or report number.
Certificates by compound.
How to read a certificate.
Five checks, in order. Pick a step to see where it sits on a certificate.
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The compound name and lot number on the report must match the ones on your vial.
Watch outA report for a different lot is not a match, even for the same compound.
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Find the issuing laboratory, the report ID and the dates.
Watch outA test date is not an expiry date. Use the lab’s own verification if it offers one.
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Read the method and units next to the purity figure.
Watch outAn HPLC area % is not the amount of material in the vial by mass.
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Look for the identity method, such as mass spectrometry, and compare expected with observed.
Watch outIdentity and purity answer different questions; read them together.
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Results apply only to the sample, methods and limits stated on the report.
Watch outA missing test is not a pass, and a COA is not FDA approval or proof of suitability for human use.
Certificate of Analysis
High-performance liquid chromatography
Test dateMM/DD/YYYY
Lot / batchLOT-000000
Purity00.0 %
- Sample name
- Compound name
- Lot / batch
- LOT-000000
- Laboratory
- Issuing lab
- Report ID
- RPT-0000
- Report date
- MM/DD/YYYY
Sample
- Method
- HPLC · area %
- Purity
- 00.0 %
- Identity
- Mass spectrometry
- Expected / observed
- 000.0 / 000.0
- Endotoxin
- Not reported
Results
This report relates only to the sample tested.