AX-2026-043586

MOTS-c · 5 mg declared · Qingdao Saber Technology Pharmaceutical · lot QST-2511-H7867

PASSPURITY ONLY

Report ID: AX-2026-043586
Compound: MOTS-c
Compound class: Metabolic and mitochondrial peptides
Supplier: QST — Qingdao Saber Technology Pharmaceutical
Batch / lot: QST-2511-H7867
Declared label claim: 5mg
Laboratory: PeptideMeter
Assay date: 14 Apr 2026
Submitted: 16 Apr 2026
Quarter: 2026-Q2
Submitter: z.antonsen
Sample provenance: Supplier-supplied

Section 1

Results

Measured against the index acceptance specification for the metabolic and mitochondrial peptides class. A specification is a decision the index made; a result is a measurement. See where each threshold came from.

Parameter	Method	Result	Unit	Index spec
Purity	RP-HPLC, 28 min gradient, 214 nm	98.06	% area	≥ 98.0	PASS
Total impurities	RP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks	1.94	% area	≤ 2.0	PASS
Largest single impurity	RP-HPLC — des-Met1 (−131 Da)	0.83	% area	≤ 1.00	PASS
Identity	not ordered on this submission	not determined	—	required for VERIFIED status	NOT TESTED
Total peptide content	by difference from the gravimetric mass balance	88.80	%w/w	—	NOT TESTED
Target-compound content	total peptide content × purity	87.08	%w/w	—	NOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)	five-place balance, under nitrogen	5.61	mg	5 mg declared	NOT TESTED
Recovered target peptide	gross fill × target content	4.885	mg	5 mg claim	NOT TESTED
Recovery against label claim	recovered ÷ claim	97.7	%	90.0 – 110.0	PASS
Water content	Karl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate	5.19	%	≤ 9.0	PASS
Counter-ion (acetate)	anion-exchange ion chromatography	5.31	%	≤ 12.0	PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residue	estimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/	0.70	%	—	NOT TESTED
Endotoxin	kinetic chromogenic LAL	0.62	EU/mg	≤ 5.0	PASS
Sterility	not ordered on this submission	not determined	—	no growth	NOT TESTED
Appearance	visual, diffuse light, black and white background	White lyophilised cake, intact	—	white to off-white intact cake	PASS
Reconstitution clarity	reconstituted per submitter procedure	Clear, colourless, no visible particulates	—	clear, no visible particulates	PASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)	potentiometric, two-point calibration	6.14	—	2.5 – 8.0	PASS
Retention time (observed)	RP-HPLC, 28 min gradient	9.82	min	9.78 ± 0.30 (normalised)	PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)	Ph. Eur. 2.2.46	1.15	—	0.80 – 1.50	PASS
Plate count, main peak	N = 5.54 (t/w½)²	76,773	—	≥ 20,000	PASS
Resolution to nearest impurity	vs des-Met1 (−131 Da)	1.41	—	no index criterion	REPORTED

Section 2

Chromatogram and peak integration

The figure is drawn from the table. It is not an independent illustration — if a number in the table changed, the trace would change with it.

Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 28 min gradient, 214 nm. Drawn from the peak-integration table below: peak positions are the reported retention times, peak areas are the reported area percentages, peak widths follow the reported plate count of 76,773, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.15. Baseline noise is seeded from the report ID and is illustrative. The lower panel is the same trace at a stated vertical expansion with the slow gradient drift subtracted, because at full scale a 0.83 % impurity against a 98.06 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.

#	Peak	RT	Area (µV·s)	% area	Δ mass (Da)
1	MOTS-c — main peak	9.82	4,766,020	98.06	—
2	des-Met1 (−131 Da)	10.03	40,341	0.83	-131.040
3	bis-sulfoxide (+32 Da)	9.20	31,106	0.64	+31.990
4	deamidated (+1 Da)	9.54	11,665	0.24	+0.984
5	Met1 sulfoxide (+16 Da)	9.47	11,179	0.23	+15.995
Closure check — purity + Σ impurities				100.00	CLOSES

Reporting threshold 0.05 % area. Peaks below it are not reported and are therefore excluded from the total, which overstates purity by their sum — see peak integration.

Section 4

Gravimetric mass balance

Water, counter-ion, residual and total peptide content are exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories. They must account for 100 % of the cake mass. The index closes this to within 0.02 pp and the build asserts it.

Component	Determination	%w/w of cake
Water	Karl Fischer	5.19
Counter-ion (acetate)	ion chromatography	5.31
Residual solvent + inorganic residue	estimated	0.70
Total peptide content	by difference	88.80
Total		100.00 CLOSES

Supplier certificate, as declared

The supplier's own figures for this lot, beside the independent measurement. Divergence is assessed against the batch median, not against this single report — see rule AX-R05.

Figure	Supplier COA	This report	Index note
Purity (% area)	98.62	98.06	divergence +0.56 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)	1.38	1.94
Largest single impurity (% area)	not stated	0.83
Water (%)	not stated	5.19
Counter-ion (%)	5.2	5.31
Peptide content (%w/w)	90.7	88.80
Endotoxin (EU/mg)	0.28	0.62
Method stated on certificate	YES	—	column, gradient and wavelength given

Section 5

Provenance and caveats

Where a sample came from changes the weight of the evidence. The index treats it as a first-class field.

Sample provenance: Supplier-supplied
Evidentiary weight: Weaker evidence. Read with the caveat below.
Chain of custody: Supplier despatch → laboratory direct (courier, cold pack, 7 d) → assay. Submitter did not handle the vial.
Assay date: 14 Apr 2026
Submitted to the index: 16 Apr 2026
Laboratory: PeptideMeter, Tallinn, Estonia
Method basis: 28 min gradient · high-resolution MS
Verification status: PURITY ONLY

What this report does not establish

That the compound is the compound named. No identity confirmation was ordered on this submission. A purity figure describes chromatographic homogeneity of whatever eluted; it does not name it.
That the material is sterile. Sterility was not tested.
That any other vial in the same lot has the same composition. One vial was tested. Within-lot vial-to-vial variation in this index has a median of 0.28 pp and a 90th percentile of 0.74 pp.
That any other lot from the same supplier has the same composition. Batch-to-batch variation is larger than within-batch variation for every supplier here.
That the material is suitable for administration to a human or an animal. These are research compounds. No result on this site is a safety assessment and the index takes no position on use.
That the material was manufactured by the supplier that sold it. Contract synthesis is normal in this market and twenty-nine batches in the index fingerprint to a bulk from a different company than the one named on the label.

Section 6

Annotations

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Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot QST-2511-H7867 n=1

This is the only report on this lot. One report is not a batch characterisation.

Batch rollup and reproducibility assessment →

Cross-sections

Other recent MOTS-c records in the index.
Report	Supplier	Lot	Lab	Quarter	Purity %	Water %	Recovery %	Provenance	Flags	Result
AX-2026-041952	TFC	TFC-2605-R4770	PeptideMeter	2026-Q2	99.65	5.60	95.5	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-043416	WXT	WXT-2511-P4848	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.23	5.14	106.7	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-043149	SSA	SSA-2511-W7415	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.00	5.42	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-043498	BCH	BCH-2511-L5815	Janoshik	2026-Q2	96.96	3.75	93.4	Supplier-supplied	0	FAIL
AX-2026-043150	SSA	SSA-2511-W7415	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.33	5.76	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-043152	SSA	SSA-2511-W7415	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.64	5.48	88.9	Supplier-supplied	2	MARGINAL
AX-2026-041953	TFC	TFC-2605-R4770	Janoshik	2026-Q2	99.72	5.27	90.8	Supplier-supplied	2	FAIL
AX-2026-043153	SSA	SSA-2511-W7415	Medutest	2026-Q2	98.78	5.52	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS

Other recent QST records in the index.
Report	Compound	Lot	Lab	Quarter	Purity %	Water %	Recovery %	Provenance	Flags	Result
AX-2026-043585	GHRP-6	QST-2508-M7961	Janoshik	2026-Q1	98.52	6.05	93.3	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2024-005547	Tirzepatide	QST-2409-K8302	Janoshik	2024-Q4	98.65	6.83	97.0	Supplier-supplied	1	MARGINAL
AX-2024-005548	Tirzepatide	QST-2409-K8302	Janoshik	2024-Q4	98.26	6.11	95.0	Supplier-supplied	1	MARGINAL
AX-2024-005545	NAD+	QST-2402-B8115	Kestrel	2024-Q3	98.37	8.65	—	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2024-005542	NAD+	QST-2402-B8115	PeptideMeter	2024-Q3	97.66	8.82	104.3	Buyer-sourced	0	PASS
AX-2024-005546	NAD+	QST-2402-B8115	Janoshik	2024-Q3	98.80	8.87	—	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2024-005543	NAD+	QST-2402-B8115	Nordanalyt	2024-Q3	98.39	8.83	107.2	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2024-005541	NAD+	QST-2402-B8115	Nordanalyt	2024-Q3	97.56	8.60	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS