Tissue-repair and immunomodulatory peptides
Short to medium linear peptides marketed for tissue repair, mucosal integrity and immune modulation. 10 compounds in this class, 1,229 records.
Section 1
The specification
| Parameter | Limit | Where the limit came from |
|---|---|---|
| Purity by RP-HPLC | ≥ 98.0 % area | Set at the 6.4 th percentile of observed results for this class — low enough that ordinary material passes, high enough that a genuinely poor lot does not. Reviewed each quarter and last moved in 2025-Q1. |
| Water by Karl Fischer | ≤ 10.0 % | Lyophilised peptides routinely carry 2–6 % residual water. The limit sits above the normal range and below the point at which water displaces enough cake mass to move the recovered-mass figure by more than the label tolerance. |
| Counter-ion | ≤ 12.0 % | Derived from the stoichiometric maximum for a fully-protonated peptide of this class's typical basic-residue count, plus a margin. Above it, the salt is either non-stoichiometric or the cake contains free acid. |
| Bacterial endotoxin | ≤ 5.0 EU/mg | An index convention chosen so that the figure is comparable across records. It is not a pharmacopoeial limit: a real limit is dose-dependent and is computed per use from the K/M ratio. The endotoxin calculator does that calculation. |
| Mass accuracy | ± 15 ppm | Achievable accuracy depends on mass. This class's limit reflects both the instrument capability and the mass differences that must be resolved within it — see mass-accuracy calibration. |
Section 2
Compounds in this class
Per-compound thresholds override the class default where the chemistry requires it. Where a compound row differs from the class row above, the compound row wins.
| Compound | Monoisotopic Da | Purity spec | Water | Counter-ion | ppm | Records | Observed median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPC-157 | 1418.7093 | 98.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 591 | 99.15 |
| TB-500 | 887.4964 | 98.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 356 | 99.47 |
| Thymosin α1 | 3106.5493 | 97.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 24 | 99.11 |
| KPV | 342.2267 | 99.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 94 | 99.21 |
| GHK-Cu | 401.1024 | 97.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 41 | 98.54 |
| ARA-290 | 1189.6096 | 98.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 65 | 99.45 |
| Larazotide acetate | 749.4072 | 98.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | n<3 |
| LL-37 | 4490.4265 | 96.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 36 | 98.61 |
| VIP | 3324.8146 | 97.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 4 | 98.22 |
| Thymulin | 873.3716 | 98.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 18 | 99.06 |
Section 3
What actually fails, and how often
A specification nobody fails is not a specification. These are the failure rates the thresholds above produce on the records the index holds.
| Parameter | Limit | Records outside | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purity | ≥ 98.0 % area | 121 | 9.85% | |
| Water | ≤ 10.0 % | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Counter-ion | ≤ 12.0 % | 59 | 4.80% | |
| Endotoxin | ≤ 5.0 EU/mg | 9 | 0.73% | |
| Mass accuracy | ± 15 ppm | 43 | 3.50% |