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AX-2026-042290

Epitalon · 50 mg declared · Tianjin Finder Chemical Co., Ltd. · lot TFC-2511-E9934

FAILMETHOD LIMITED
Report ID
AX-2026-042290
Compound
Epitalon
Compound class
Short bioregulator peptides
Supplier
TFC — Tianjin Finder Chemical Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
TFC-2511-E9934
Declared label claim
50mg
Laboratory
Janoshik Analytical
Assay date
19 Mar 2026
Submitted
01 Apr 2026
Quarter
2026-Q1
Submitter
m.hovland
Sample provenance
Buyer-sourced
Section 1

Results

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

ParameterMethodResultUnitIndex spec
PurityRP-HPLC, 30 min gradient, 214 nm99.93% area≥ 99.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks0.07% area≤ 1.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — Ala-Glu-Asp tripeptide (−57 Da)0.04% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula390.1387DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, high resolution (ESI-TOF/QTOF)390.1369DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical-4.6ppm± 20PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance78.75%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity78.69%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen64.61mg50 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content50.842mg50 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim101.7%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate5.90%≤ 12.0PASS
Counter-ion (acetate)anion-exchange ion chromatography14.77%≤ 10.0FAIL
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.58%NOT TESTED
Endotoxinkinetic chromogenic LAL0.18EU/mg≤ 5.0PASS
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 calibration4.222.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 30 min gradient4.61min4.62 ± 0.20 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.160.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²47,173≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs diketopiperazine (−18 Da)1.84no 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.

05046100921513920185 Epitalon4.61 min · 99.93 % 4.41 same trace · ×200 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 05101520253035 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 30 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 47,173, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.16. 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 0.04 % impurity against a 99.93 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.
#PeakRTArea (µV·s)% areaΔ mass (Da)
1Epitalon — main peak4.614,856,90899.93
2Ala-Glu-Asp tripeptide (−57 Da)4.411,9440.04-57.021
3diketopiperazine (−18 Da)4.771,4580.03-18.011
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 390.1387 Da, computed from C14H22N4O9. All ppm figures on this site are against monoisotopic values — see why that matters.

0255075100350375400425450475 [M+1H]1+391.14 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 390.1369 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+391.1460391.1442-0.0018100.0
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 Fischer5.90
Counter-ion (acetate)ion chromatography14.77
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.58
Total peptide contentby difference78.75
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)99.9099.93divergence -0.03 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)0.100.07
Largest single impurity (% area)0.050.04
Water (%)4.05.90
Counter-ion (%)not stated14.77
Peptide content (%w/w)not stated78.75
Endotoxin (EU/mg)0.130.18
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
Retail purchase → submitter (−20 °C, 4 d) → laboratory (courier, dry ice, 11 d) → assay.
Assay date
19 Mar 2026
Submitted to the index
01 Apr 2026
Laboratory
Janoshik Analytical, Ostrava, Czechia
Method basis
30 min gradient · high-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.

median_not_mean
One result at the top of the distribution should not move anybody's estimate much on its own. Purity distributions are compressed at the top and long-tailed at the bottom, so the informative observations are the low ones.
diode_array
Spectral homogeneity across the main peak would complete this record. Mass confirms what eluted; the spectrum confirms that only one thing did.
lot_traceability
Lot TFC-2511-E9934 on the vial matches the certificate that came with it. That is the check every buyer can do in ten seconds and most do not.
Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot TFC-2511-E9934 n=7

ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-042285TFC-2511-E9934Janoshik2026-Q199.936.31104.1Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-042286TFC-2511-E9934Janoshik2026-Q199.885.9995.8Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042287TFC-2511-E9934VendorInvestigate2026-Q199.485.92Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042288TFC-2511-E9934Medutest2026-Q199.936.34Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042289TFC-2511-E9934Janoshik2026-Q199.886.37Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042291TFC-2511-E9934PeptideMeter2026-Q199.936.23103.2Buyer-sourced0PASS
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ReportSupplierLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-042008AMBAMB-2602-Y6433Janoshik2026-Q399.308.75105.1Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042009AMBAMB-2602-Y6433VendorInvestigate2026-Q399.168.62102.3Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042010AMBAMB-2602-Y6433Janoshik2026-Q399.098.20103.4Laboratory-retained0FAIL
AX-2026-042007AMBAMB-2602-Y6433Janoshik2026-Q399.428.6293.8Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042468HomopeptideHOMO-2512-A5108Janoshik2026-Q299.937.81100.8Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042463HomopeptideHOMO-2512-A5108Janoshik2026-Q299.937.6893.2Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042041HYBHYB-2603-U7133Janoshik2026-Q299.656.8295.3Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042470HomopeptideHOMO-2512-A5108Janoshik2026-Q299.637.99Buyer-sourced0FAIL
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ReportCompoundLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-042265Humanin (HNG)TFC-2605-U1300PeptideMeter2026-Q399.526.31Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042222SS-31 (Elamipretide)TFC-2607-R9099VendorInvestigate2026-Q399.465.41102.6Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042236Humanin (HNG)TFC-2608-S9940Nordanalyt2026-Q398.641.80Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042282RetatrutideTFC-2608-J1156Janoshik2026-Q398.544.27Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042226SS-31 (Elamipretide)TFC-2607-R9099Janoshik2026-Q399.625.47Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042217SemaglutideTFC-2604-X9037PeptideMeter2026-Q398.954.6196.9Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-042339SermorelinTFC-2605-Y2176Kestrel2026-Q399.934.14Supplier-supplied1FAIL
AX-2026-042214SemaglutideTFC-2604-X9037Kestrel2026-Q399.874.66103.1Laboratory-retained0PASS