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Cross-section

IGF-1 LR3 impurity profile

Every named species the index has reported alongside IGF-1 LR3, how often, at what level, and what its presence implies about the synthesis or the handling. Reporting threshold is 0.05 % area; anything below it is invisible to this page and is silently added to the main peak.

86 recordsmedian 97.75 %spec 95.0 %
Median total impurities 2.25% n=86
Median largest single 1.11% n=86
Worst single observed 2.06% n=86
Named species observed 5 / 5 n=5
Named speciesΔRT (min)Δ mass (Da)Seen inMedian % areaMax % area
des-13-residue N-extension (native IGF-1)-2.24-1441.712100%0.182.06
disulfide-scrambled isomer+0.62mass-identical100%0.541.67
truncated (1-70)-1.94-1385.688100%0.271.79
aggregated dimer+3.20+9105.241100%0.151.52
oxidised Met59 (+16 Da)-0.72+15.99597%0.221.79

des-13-residue N-extension (native IGF-1)

Retention offset from the main peak
-2.24 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-1441.712 Da
Reported in
86 of 86 records (100 %)
Level when reported
median 0.18 %, max 2.06 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

disulfide-scrambled isomer

Retention offset from the main peak
+0.62 min on RG-2
Mass difference
mass-identical — chromatography only
Reported in
86 of 86 records (100 %)
Level when reported
median 0.54 %, max 1.67 %
Resolution requirement
A gradient long enough to separate it. No mass spectrometer will.

truncated (1-70)

Retention offset from the main peak
-1.94 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-1385.688 Da
Reported in
86 of 86 records (100 %)
Level when reported
median 0.27 %, max 1.79 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

aggregated dimer

Retention offset from the main peak
+3.20 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+9105.241 Da
Reported in
86 of 86 records (100 %)
Level when reported
median 0.15 %, max 1.52 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

oxidised Met59 (+16 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.72 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+15.995 Da
Reported in
83 of 86 records (97 %)
Level when reported
median 0.22 %, max 1.79 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

Degradation pathways

Degradants are a handling finding rather than a synthesis finding. A lot that shipped clean and arrived oxidised tells you about the courier, not the chemist.

  • disulfide scrambling — three disulfides, many wrong ways to pair them
  • aggregation on freeze–thaw
  • deamidation at multiple Asn