Research use only, the Saigon store's terms
Research use only means every vial sold here is meant for laboratory research: none is an approved medicine, none has been cleared for use in people, and no page gives medical advice.
By Peptides Ho Chi Minh, 11 October 2026
What does research use only mean here?
Research Use Only is the status printed on the vial labels in the product photos on this site. In plain words, every vial sold here is a research compound. No vial sold here is an approved medicine, and none has been evaluated or approved for use in people. That is why no page here gives amounts, schedules or ways to use a product, and why the chat does not answer those questions either.
What does "RUO" stand for?
RUO stands for research use only. It marks products sold for laboratory research, not as medicines and not for use in people, and it is the status of every vial on this site.
What are peptides for research use only?
They are peptides made and sold for study in a lab: short chains of amino acids that researchers test on cells or in animals. In that form none has been approved as a medicine. Here the label covers all 42 vials, the 3 that are not peptides included.
Is a compound the same as an approved medicine?
No. Some compounds in this catalogue have been studied in large human trials. Tirzepatide is the active ingredient in prescription medicines approved in some countries, and the tirzepatide vial sold here is not one of those medicines. Retatrutide is an investigational compound still in clinical trials, not an approved medicine. Both product pages say so in their opening lines: Tirzepatide 20mg and Retatrutide 20mg.
Sources: Tirzepatide: First Approval; PubMed record 42250575 (2026 phase 3 trial of retatrutide).
How many papers sit behind the 42 vials? 133 different papers, named 149 times
Each product page names the published papers we found on that compound and the kind of study. We count papers, not trials: a substudy or a pooled analysis of a trial is its own paper. Here is what they add up to across all 42 pages:
| Kind of study | Papers named |
|---|---|
| Human trial paper | 50 |
| Human study that only measured natural levels | 2 |
| Lab analysis of products, test methods or structure | 3 |
| Animal study | 40 |
| Cell or lab study | 18 |
| Review | 36 |
| All kinds | 149 |
Every paper a product page names is counted: the ones in its list, the ones its notes add, and on the Adamax page the two Semax studies it shows. A few papers appear on more than one page, so the 149 listings cover 133 different papers. 27 of the 42 pages name at least one human trial paper. On 13 pages there is no human study at all, only reviews, animal, cell or lab work. Adamax has no published study of its own. The studies run from 1987 to 2026.
What are the research notes?
Each product page has a short section on what published research has looked at. It says what kind of study it was, for example work on cells, work on animals or a human trial, who or what took part, what was measured and for how long, and it links each study on PubMed at the end of the section. The notes give no health results and no effect sizes, because a study result next to a price reads like a promise. They do not tell anyone what to do.
How are the notes written?
Every study we list is on PubMed, the public index of medical research run by the US National Library of Medicine. For each one we read its PubMed record, note the kind of study and who or what was studied, and say in plain words what it measured. The sources sit once, at the end of each research section. When a study title talks about how a product is taken, the link shows the PubMed number instead of the title.
Where do health questions go?
To a doctor. Nothing on this site is medical advice, and health questions belong with a doctor, not with a store.
What will the store talk about?
Prices, packs, stock questions and delivery. Ask on WhatsApp through Contact, or read delivery and ordering first. About explains how the store works, and AI assistants have a page of their own.
Why is the store so strict about it?
Many of these peptides have a thin research record, and some of the work comes from very few labs. Plain notes with their sources are more useful than big claims, so that is all we publish. Browse all 42 vials with that in mind.