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AX-2025-018657

Enclomiphene citrate · 12.5 mg declared · Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd. · lot QSC-2501-L5841

FAILPARTIAL
Report ID
AX-2025-018657
Compound
Enclomiphene citrate
Compound class
Non-peptide adjuncts
Supplier
QSC — Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
QSC-2501-L5841
Declared label claim
13mg
Laboratory
Medutest
Assay date
18 Apr 2025
Submitted
22 Apr 2025
Quarter
2025-Q2
Submitter
icp_ms_trace
Sample provenance
Buyer-sourced
Section 1

Results

Measured against the index acceptance specification for the non-peptide adjuncts class. A specification is a decision the index made; a result is a measurement. See where each threshold came from.

ParameterMethodResultUnitIndex spec
PurityRP-HPLC, 25 min gradient, 214 nm99.64% area≥ 98.5PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks0.36% area≤ 1.5PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — zuclomiphene (cis-isomer)0.24% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula597.2130DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, unit resolution (single quadrupole)597.2130DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical0.0ppm± 10PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance67.36%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity67.12%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen17.38mg12.5 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content11.665mg12.5 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim93.3%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate5.66%≤ 10.0PASS
Counter-ion (citrate)anion-exchange ion chromatography26.54%≤ 12.0FAIL
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.44%NOT TESTED
Endotoxinnot ordered on this submissionnot determined≤ 5.0NOT TESTED
Sterilitynot ordered on this submissionnot determinedno growthNOT TESTED
Appearancevisual, diffuse light, black and white backgroundWhite lyophilised cake, intactwhite to off-white intact cakePASS
Reconstitution clarityreconstituted per submitter procedureVisible particulates, did not clearclear, no visible particulatesFAIL
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration4.132.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 25 min gradient13.79min13.92 ± 0.35 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.090.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²78,101≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs free base (des-citrate)0.08no 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.

02238447567138951 Enclomiphene citrate13.79 min · 99.64 % 13.27 same trace · ×200 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 0481216202428 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 25 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 78,101, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.09. 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 0.24 % impurity against a 99.64 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.
#PeakRTArea (µV·s)% areaΔ mass (Da)
1Enclomiphene citrate — main peak13.794,842,81399.64
2zuclomiphene (cis-isomer)13.2711,6650.240.000
3des-ethyl enclomiphene (−28 Da)13.422,4300.05-28.031
4free base (des-citrate)13.811,9440.04-192.027
5N-oxide (+16 Da)13.061,4580.03+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 597.2130 Da, computed from C26H28ClNO · C6H8O7. All ppm figures on this site are against monoisotopic values — see why that matters.

0255075100550575600625650675 [M+1H]1+598.22 m/z Relative abundance (%)
Figure 2. ESI charge-state envelope, unit-resolution instrument. Sticks are placed at m/z = (M + z × 1.007276)/z for the observed neutral mass of 597.2130 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 (%)
1+598.2203598.22030.0000100.0
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 Fischer5.66
Counter-ion (citrate)ion chromatography26.54
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.44
Total peptide contentby difference67.36
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)99.6799.64divergence -0.11 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)0.330.36
Largest single impurity (% area)0.140.24
Water (%)not stated5.66
Counter-ion (%)4.526.54
Peptide content (%w/w)91.467.36
Endotoxin (EU/mg)not statednot determined
Method stated on certificateNOno method section — the result cannot be reconciled against any other
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
Domestic warehouse despatch → submitter (2–8 °C, 31 d) → laboratory (courier, cold pack, 7 d) → assay.
Assay date
18 Apr 2025
Submitted to the index
22 Apr 2025
Laboratory
Medutest, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Method basis
25 min gradient · unit-resolution MS
Verification status
PARTIAL
Section 6

Annotations 4

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.

buyer_sourced
Ordering under an unremarkable name and address is the whole method. It requires no cooperation from anybody and it produces the strongest evidence this index holds.
coa_reader
The certificate that arrives with a retail order is the certificate an ordinary buyer gets. Assessing it is assessing the real documentation practice rather than the sample-request one.
sole_source
On compounds with a single supplier, independently purchased records are the only thing preventing the evidence base from being entirely supplier-generated. They matter disproportionately there.
acetate_only
The index's mass balance on this record closes to two decimal places with 26.54 % citrate in it. The number is not an anomaly; it is a component of a coherent gravimetric picture.
Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot QSC-2501-L5841 n=3

ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2025-018658QSC-2501-L5841Kestrel2025-Q299.936.5994.1Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2025-018659QSC-2501-L5841Janoshik2025-Q299.785.88Buyer-sourced0FAIL
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ReportSupplierLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-041525QSCQSC-2604-R6644PeptideMeter2026-Q299.804.04101.5Laboratory-retained0FAIL
AX-2026-042329TFCTFC-2605-H2745Nordanalyt2026-Q299.413.67Buyer-sourced2FAIL
AX-2026-041524QSCQSC-2604-R6644PeptideMeter2026-Q299.934.6091.6Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-041526QSCQSC-2604-R6644Medutest2026-Q299.684.25103.7Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-043164SSASSA-2603-C7061Kestrel2026-Q298.483.27107.4Buyer-sourced2FAIL
AX-2026-041773ASYASY-{CAT}-1806Janoshik2025-Q499.883.59Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2025-019360HYBHYB-2510-J6404Medutest2025-Q499.615.0798.1Laboratory-retained0FAIL
AX-2025-018986ASYASY-{CAT}-1806Medutest2025-Q499.933.35Buyer-sourced1FAIL
Other recent QSC records in the index.
ReportCompoundLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-041599CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416VendorInvestigate2026-Q397.963.52Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-041601CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Kestrel2026-Q398.334.10Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041602CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416VendorInvestigate2026-Q398.363.38101.8Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041477TriptorelinQSC-2607-C5749Nordanalyt2026-Q399.533.42Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041600CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Nordanalyt2026-Q397.744.91100.9Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-041603CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416PeptideMeter2026-Q398.434.20Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041606CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Janoshik2026-Q398.033.58Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041585LiraglutideQSC-2605-W7381Medutest2026-Q399.595.0992.8Laboratory-retained0PASS