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AX-2025-018550

Retatrutide · 12 mg declared · ChinaPeptides Co., Ltd. (QYAOBIO) · lot QYB-2507-R4727

MARGINALVERIFIED
Report ID
AX-2025-018550
Compound
Retatrutide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
QYB — ChinaPeptides Co., Ltd. (QYAOBIO)
Batch / lot
QYB-2507-R4727
Declared label claim
12mg
Laboratory
Nordanalyt Laboratories
Assay date
20 Oct 2025
Submitted
22 Oct 2025
Quarter
2025-Q4
Submitter
h.vermeulen
Sample provenance
Buyer-sourced
Section 1

Results

Measured against the index acceptance specification for the incretin analogues and co-agonists class. A specification is a decision the index made; a result is a measurement. See where each threshold came from.

ParameterMethodResultUnitIndex spec
PurityRP-HPLC, 35 min gradient, 214 nm98.49% area≥ 96.5PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks1.51% area≤ 3.5PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — [D-Aib2]-diastereomer0.58% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4728.4871Da—NOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, high resolution (ESI-TOF/QTOF)4728.4847Da—NOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical-0.5ppm± 15PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance88.05%w/w—NOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity86.72%w/w—NOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen12.41mg12 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content10.762mg12 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim89.7%90.0 – 110.0FAIL
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate3.85%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography7.30%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.80%—NOT TESTED
Endotoxinnot ordered on this submissionnot determined—≤ 5.0NOT TESTED
Sterilitynot ordered on this submissionnot determined—no growthNOT TESTED
Appearancevisual, diffuse light, black and white backgroundOff-white lyophilised cake, intact—white to off-white intact cakePASS
Reconstitution clarityreconstituted per submitter procedureClear, colourless, no visible particulates—clear, no visible particulatesPASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration4.07—2.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 35 min gradient24.05min23.89 ± 0.50 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.24—0.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²41,116—≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib2]-diastereomer0.53—no index criterionREPORTED
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.

0859171925783437 Retatrutide24.05 min · 98.49 % 23.7928.8621.81 same trace · ×100 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 0510152025303540 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 35 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 41,116, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.24. 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 0.58 % impurity against a 98.49 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.
#PeakRTArea (µV·s)% areaΔ mass (Da)
1Retatrutide — main peak24.054,786,91998.49—
2[D-Aib2]-diastereomer23.7928,1900.580.000
3C18 diacid regioisomer24.7327,7040.570.000
4retatrutide dimer28.867,7760.16+4728.487
5des-Aib20 analogue23.543,8880.08-85.053
6truncated (5-39)21.813,4020.07-428.201
7oxidised Trp (+16 Da)23.282,4300.05+15.995
Closure check — purity + Σ impurities 100.00CLOSES

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 3

Mass spectrum and identity

Theoretical monoisotopic mass 4728.4871 Da, computed from C221H342N46O68. All ppm figures on this site are against monoisotopic values — see why that matters.

0255075100550750950115013501550 [M+5H]5+946.70[M+6H]6+789.09[M+4H]4+1183.13 m/z Relative abundance (%)
Figure 2. ESI charge-state envelope, high-resolution instrument. Sticks are placed at m/z = (M + z × 1.007276)/z for the observed neutral mass of 4728.4847 Da. Sodium (+21.982/z) and potassium (+37.956/z) adducts are shown where the parent charge state exceeds 25 % relative abundance; they are adducts of the same molecule and are not impurities.
ChargeTheoretical m/zObserved m/zΔ m/zRel. abundance (%)
7+676.5054676.5051-0.00038.0
6+789.0885789.0881-0.000457.2
5+946.7047946.7042-0.0005100.0
4+1183.12911183.1285-0.000650.8
3+1577.16961577.1688-0.00088.3
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.

ComponentDetermination%w/w of cake
WaterKarl Fischer3.85
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography7.30
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.80
Total peptide contentby difference88.05
Total100.00 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.

FigureSupplier COAThis reportIndex note
Purity (% area)98.7998.49divergence +0.36 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)1.211.51
Largest single impurity (% area)not stated0.58
Water (%)2.43.85
Counter-ion (%)not stated7.30
Peptide content (%w/w)92.888.05
Endotoxin (EU/mg)not statednot determined
Method stated on certificateYES—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
Buyer-sourced
Evidentiary weight
Strongest available evidence in this index.
Chain of custody
Retail purchase → submitter (2–8 °C, 25 d) → laboratory (courier, ambient, 10 d) → assay.
Assay date
20 Oct 2025
Submitted to the index
22 Oct 2025
Laboratory
Nordanalyt Laboratories, Uppsala, Sweden
Method basis
35 min gradient · high-resolution MS
Verification status
VERIFIED
Section 6

Annotations 2

Signed technical comments from index contributors. Not a discussion forum — annotations question or contextualise the result, and the data team replies where a reply is warranted.

sodium_adduct
Adduct bookkeeping on this one is tidy. The sodium series is present at the expected intensity ratio and has not been counted as an impurity, which happens more often than it should.
quad_unit
The index grades identity by instrument class, not by the ppm figure alone: "confirmed" where the determination was made at high resolution, "consistent with" where it was not. The status block above says which applies to this record, and it is worth reading before the number.
Section 7

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ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2025-018549QYB-2507-R4727Medutest2025-Q498.654.61101.4Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041413QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.354.68—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018551QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.734.1994.0Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018552QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.474.11—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018553QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.213.81—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018554QYB-2507-R4727PeptideMeter2025-Q498.233.72105.0Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041414QYB-2507-R4727Nordanalyt2025-Q498.484.59—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018555QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q499.023.96101.4Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041415QYB-2507-R4727PeptideMeter2025-Q498.294.02102.2Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018556QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.294.2997.1Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018557QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.344.18106.1Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018558QYB-2507-R4727Janoshik2025-Q498.804.63—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041416QYB-2507-R4727Kestrel2025-Q498.434.58102.7Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018559QYB-2507-R4727PeptideMeter2025-Q497.753.84—Buyer-sourced0PASS

Cross-sections

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AX-2026-043095KPKP-2607-H5774Janoshik2026-Q395.815.48105.2Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042282TFCTFC-2608-J1156Janoshik2026-Q398.544.27—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-043094KPKP-2607-H5774PeptideMeter2026-Q396.326.40—Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042441HomopeptideHOMO-2605-V4718Medutest2026-Q398.934.22—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041427QYBQYB-2604-B4920PeptideMeter2026-Q397.932.45101.7Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041786ASYASY-{CAT}-2288VendorInvestigate2026-Q398.786.59—Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041428QYBQYB-2604-B4920Janoshik2026-Q398.353.20—Laboratory-retained0PASS
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