AssayIndex
Cross-section

LL-37 impurity profile

Every named species the index has reported alongside LL-37, 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.

36 recordsmedian 98.61 %spec 96.5 %
Median total impurities 1.39% n=36
Median largest single 0.72% n=36
Worst single observed 1.40% n=36
Named species observed 5 / 5 n=5
Named speciesΔRT (min)Δ mass (Da)Seen inMedian % areaMax % area
aggregated multimer+2.85mass-identical100%0.341.40
des-Leu1 (−113 Da)-0.38-113.08497%0.100.32
deamidated (+1 Da)-0.26+0.98492%0.131.05
trifluoroacetyl adduct (+96 Da)+0.84+95.98292%0.080.24
truncated (1-31)-1.68-709.40189%0.511.25

aggregated multimer

Retention offset from the main peak
+2.85 min on RG-2
Mass difference
mass-identical — chromatography only
Reported in
36 of 36 records (100 %)
Level when reported
median 0.34 %, max 1.40 %
Resolution requirement
A gradient long enough to separate it. No mass spectrometer will.

des-Leu1 (−113 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.38 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-113.084 Da
Reported in
35 of 36 records (97 %)
Level when reported
median 0.10 %, max 0.32 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

deamidated (+1 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.26 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+0.984 Da
Reported in
33 of 36 records (92 %)
Level when reported
median 0.13 %, max 1.05 %
Resolution requirement
Close-eluting — resolution below 1.2 is common and the peaks merge on short gradients.

trifluoroacetyl adduct (+96 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
+0.84 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+95.982 Da
Reported in
33 of 36 records (92 %)
Level when reported
median 0.08 %, max 0.24 %
Resolution requirement
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

truncated (1-31)

Retention offset from the main peak
-1.68 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-709.401 Da
Reported in
32 of 36 records (89 %)
Level when reported
median 0.51 %, max 1.25 %
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.

  • self-association into oligomers at physiological ionic strength
  • adsorptive loss on polypropylene — use glass