AOD-9604 in Canada: what's sold and how to check it

Yes, AOD-9604 is available in Canada, sold by domestic suppliers as a research chemical for laboratory use. pepuro carries it as a lyophilized powder in a 5 mg vial, and every vial has a QR code that opens the third-party lab report for its own batch. It is not sold as a medicine, and nothing about a research vial makes it one.

What AOD-9604 is

AOD-9604 is a peptide: a short chain of amino acids joined by peptide bonds. This one is built from the C-terminal end of human growth hormone, spanning residues 177-191, with a tyrosine added.

That construction separates it from the full hormone. Human growth hormone is a 191-amino-acid protein listed at about 22,124 g/mol, while AOD-9604 is 1815.10 g/mol and short enough to be made by synthesis and supplied as a freeze-dried powder.

Two classification questions come up often enough to answer directly. Is it a protein? No. It is a piece of one, not the hormone itself. Is it a steroid? No. Steroids are lipids built on four fused carbon rings, a different class of molecule, and a lab report for one reads nothing like a report for a peptide. The product page lists it for lipid-metabolism research.

AOD-9604 vs HGH fragment 176-191

The two products are short pieces of the same end of human growth hormone, and they are easy to confuse on a shelf. They are not the same molecule.

The two masses sit about 2 Da apart, close enough that the label and the report have to be read together. A report showing an observed mass near 1817.12 is the other fragment, whatever the product page said.

Close pairs like this show up across the catalog. Is CJC-1295 the same as ipamorelin? is the same kind of question about a pair people assume is one product, and it is settled the same way: compare the masses on the report.

Is AOD-9604 available and legal in Canada?

There is no AOD-9604 storefront to walk into. Canadian suppliers sell it as a lyophilized powder by mail, and sellers differ on where the parcel ships from, whether the report is tied to your batch, and which lab ran the test. pepuro's list price on the date of this article:

The product card above always shows the current price.

Research peptides, AOD-9604 included, are bought and sold in Canada as research chemicals intended for laboratory work. What the rules restrict is marketing, selling or using them as drugs for human consumption, and a research peptide carries no Health Canada approval for that. The line is intended use, not the molecule. Are research peptides legal in Canada? covers that distinction in full, and this page is general information, not legal advice.

Ordering from a supplier inside Canada also keeps the parcel in the country, so there is no customs step and no import fee at the door. The same availability question is answered for other peptides in BPC-157 in Canada, DSIP in Canada and GHK-Cu in Canada.

How to check an AOD-9604 vial

The lab report is the part you can check without trusting anyone's packaging. An AOD-9604 report should show:

• an observed mass near 1815.10 g/mol
• purity at 99% or higher by HPLC, the floor for every batch pepuro ships
• a batch number that matches the code on the vial
• the name of an independent lab that ran the test

Mass settles the identity question first. A reading near 1817.12 points at the other fragment, and a reading anywhere else means the vial holds neither one. Scan the QR code on any pepuro AOD-9604 vial to open the report for its batch, or type the batch code into the tracking page. How to read a peptide lab report explains each line of it.

Handling and storage

AOD-9604 ships as a lyophilized powder. Add bacteriostatic water down the inside wall of the glass, swirl gently and never shake. How to reconstitute a lyophilized peptide has the full method.

• Dry, sealed vial: a freezer at around -20°C for months, or the fridge for a few weeks. Keep it dark and dry.
• Reconstituted vial: the fridge, on a shelf rather than the door, where the temperature swings. Plan to work through it within a few weeks.
• Freezing a solution: split it into single-use aliquots first, so no portion goes through repeated freeze-thaw.
• On arrival: a parcel that arrives warm is normal. Freeze-dried powder travels without a cold pack.

How to store research peptides covers those temperatures in full, and the DSIP handling guide lays the same rules out for another short peptide.

Every AOD-9604 vial from pepuro ships free from our Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver distribution centers, dispatched the same business day your e-Transfer clears, with a QR code on the vial that opens its independent, third-party lab report.

For research use only. Not for human or animal consumption.