NMPA (National Medical Products Administration)
Definition
China's medicines regulator. Several metabolic peptides have been approved there on the strength of trials run in Chinese populations, so a compound's approval status is a question about a jurisdiction and not about the molecule.
What this means for research sourcing
Regulatory status varies by jurisdiction and applies to research supply, not human use. Volta sells to researchers only.
Related Terms in Regulatory
Jurisdiction
The legal territory whose rules apply, which for peptides decides what may be imported, supplied and prescribed. Approval, scheduling and research-supply rules all vary by jurisdiction, so a single claim about legality is almost always incomplete.
Certificate of Origin
A trade document stating the country where goods were produced, used by customs to apply the correct treatment. It describes provenance and makes no statement about composition, purity or quality.
Boxed Warning
The most serious warning the FDA requires on a product label, set apart in a box. It describes a risk identified for an approved product and is part of the label rather than a statement about a substance in general.
Drug Identification Number (DIN)
The eight-digit number Health Canada assigns to a product authorised for sale in Canada. Its presence means a specific product has been reviewed and authorised; research chemicals carry none.
USP Chapter 797
The United States Pharmacopeia chapter governing compounded sterile preparations, covering environment, training and beyond-use dating. It applies to pharmacies and compounding facilities, not to research supply.
Controlled Substances Schedule
The classification placing a substance under legal control according to accepted medical use and potential for abuse, with different lists in each country. Most research peptides sit outside these schedules entirely, which is a separate question from whether they are approved.
GRAS
Generally Recognized As Safe, a United States designation for food substances supported by expert consensus or long use. It concerns use in food and carries no implication for any other context.
Research Use Only (RUO)
A label stating that material is supplied for laboratory work and not for human or veterinary use. It is a category of supply rather than a certification of quality: on its own it carries no requirement that the contents be sterile, pure or correctly identified, which is why the certificate matters separately.