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AX-2025-019109

Retatrutide · 10 mg declared · GenScript Biotech Corporation · lot GSP-2411-B2857

FAILMETHOD LIMITED
Report ID
AX-2025-019109
Compound
Retatrutide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
GSP — GenScript Biotech Corporation
Batch / lot
GSP-2411-B2857
Declared label claim
10mg
Laboratory
Kestrel Bioanalytical
Assay date
21 Apr 2025
Submitted
03 May 2025
Quarter
2025-Q2
Submitter
g.vasquez
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, 15 min gradient, 214 nm97.98% area≥ 96.5PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks2.02% area≤ 3.5PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — incomplete Fmoc removal (+222 Da)0.89% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4728.4871DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, unit resolution (single quadrupole)4728.2781DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical-44.2ppm± 15FAIL
Peptide contentnot ordered on this submissionnot determinedrequired to check label claimNOT TESTED
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate7.08%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography5.62%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.84%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 procedureClear, colourless, no visible particulatesclear, no visible particulatesPASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration2.522.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 15 min gradient11.19min11.18 ± 0.50 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.320.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²68,052≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib2]-diastereomer0.63no 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.

02280456068399119 Retatrutide11.19 min · 97.98 % 12.3910.86 same trace · ×50 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 048121620 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 15 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 68,052, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.32. 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 0.89 % impurity against a 97.98 % 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 peak11.194,762,13297.98
2incomplete Fmoc removal (+222 Da)12.3943,2570.89+222.068
3oxidised Trp (+16 Da)10.8632,0780.66+15.995
4des-Aib20 analogue10.979,2350.19-85.053
5[D-Aib2]-diastereomer11.085,8320.120.000
6aspartimide (−18 Da)11.544,8600.10-18.011
7C18 diacid regioisomer11.482,9160.060.000
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+946.66[M+6H]6+789.05[M+4H]4+1183.08 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 4728.2781 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+676.5054676.4756-0.02988.6
6+789.0885789.0536-0.034959.2
5+946.7047946.6629-0.0418100.0
4+1183.12911183.0768-0.052352.2
3+1577.16961577.1000-0.06967.9
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.

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)98.2597.98divergence +0.42 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)1.752.02
Largest single impurity (% area)0.600.89
Water (%)5.37.08
Counter-ion (%)not stated5.62
Peptide content (%w/w)not statednot determined
Endotoxin (EU/mg)not statednot determined
Method stated on certificateYEScolumn, 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 (ambient, 6 d) → laboratory (courier, cold pack, 8 d) → assay.
Assay date
21 Apr 2025
Submitted to the index
03 May 2025
Laboratory
Kestrel Bioanalytical, Melbourne, Australia
Method basis
15 min gradient · unit-resolution MS
Verification status
METHOD LIMITED
Section 6

Annotations 3

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.

mass_defect
Mass-defect reasoning narrows this quickly. Very few plausible modifications of Retatrutide would produce a shift in the direction and magnitude observed, and the ones that would are all in the named-impurity table.
nmr_qnmr
Where mass spectrometry is unhelpful, quantitative NMR is orthogonal and does not care about ionisation. It is expensive and it is the correct next step on a record like this.
quad_unit
The purity, water and counter-ion figures on this record stand regardless of the mass question. Only the identity limb is affected, and the status field says exactly that.
Section 7

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