AX-2025-018726

MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) · 1000 mg declared · Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd. · lot QSC-2507-F6894

FAILIDENTITY CONSISTENT

Report ID: AX-2025-018726
Compound: MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate)
Compound class: Non-peptide adjuncts
Supplier: QSC — Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot: QSC-2507-F6894
Declared label claim: 1000mg
Laboratory: Janoshik Analytical
Assay date: 14 Jul 2025
Submitted: 04 Aug 2025
Quarter: 2025-Q3
Submitter: s.falk
Sample provenance: Supplier-supplied

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.

Parameter	Method	Result	Unit	Index spec
Purity	RP-HPLC, 30 min gradient, 214 nm	99.37	% area	≥ 98.5	PASS
Total impurities	RP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks	0.63	% area	≤ 1.5	PASS
Largest single impurity	RP-HPLC — sulfonamide hydrolysis product (+18 Da)	0.42	% area	≤ 1.00	PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic mass	calculated from molecular formula	624.2181	Da	—	NOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic mass	LC-MS, high resolution (ESI-TOF/QTOF)	624.2197	Da	—	NOT TESTED
Mass accuracy	observed vs theoretical	+2.5	ppm	± 10	PASS
Peptide content	not ordered on this submission	not determined	—	required to check label claim	NOT TESTED
Water content	Karl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate	4.67	%	≤ 10.0	PASS
Counter-ion (mesylate)	anion-exchange ion chromatography	14.84	%	≤ 12.0	FAIL
Residual solvent + inorganic residue	estimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/	0.43	%	—	NOT TESTED
Endotoxin	not ordered on this submission	not determined	—	≤ 5.0	NOT TESTED
Sterility	not ordered on this submission	not determined	—	no growth	NOT TESTED
Appearance	visual, diffuse light, black and white background	White lyophilised cake, intact	—	white to off-white intact cake	PASS
Reconstitution clarity	reconstituted per submitter procedure	Clear after 90 s gentle swirling, no particulates	—	clear, no visible particulates	PASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)	potentiometric, two-point calibration	5.79	—	2.5 – 8.0	PASS
Retention time (observed)	RP-HPLC, 30 min gradient	13.91	min	13.86 ± 0.30 (normalised)	PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)	Ph. Eur. 2.2.46	1.08	—	0.80 – 1.50	PASS
Plate count, main peak	N = 5.54 (t/w½)²	45,452	—	≥ 20,000	PASS
Resolution to nearest impurity	vs free base (des-mesylate, −96 Da)	0.15	—	no index criterion	REPORTED

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.

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 45,452, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.08. 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 0.42 % impurity against a 99.37 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.

#	Peak	RT	Area (µV·s)	% area	Δ mass (Da)
1	MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) — main peak	13.91	4,829,690	99.37	—
2	sulfonamide hydrolysis product (+18 Da)	13.05	20,413	0.42	+18.011
3	free base (des-mesylate, −96 Da)	13.95	4,374	0.09	-96.011
4	spiroindane regioisomer	14.35	3,402	0.07	0.000
5	O-desmethyl metabolite analogue (−14 Da)	13.39	1,458	0.03	-14.016
6	residual DMF (process solvent)	5.71	972	0.02	-551.000
Closure check — purity + Σ impurities				100.00	CLOSES

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 624.2181 Da, computed from C27H36N4O5S · CH4O3S. All ppm figures on this site are against monoisotopic values — see why that matters.

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 624.2197 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.

Charge	Theoretical m/z	Observed m/z	Δ m/z	Rel. abundance (%)
2+	313.1163	313.1171	0.0008	55.5
1+	625.2254	625.2270	0.0016	100.0

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.

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.

Figure	Supplier COA	This report	Index note
Purity (% area)	99.89	99.37	divergence +0.39 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)	not stated	0.63
Largest single impurity (% area)	not stated	0.42
Water (%)	not stated	4.67
Counter-ion (%)	7.1	14.84
Peptide content (%w/w)	88.8	not determined
Endotoxin (EU/mg)	0.19	not determined
Method stated on certificate	NO	—	no 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: Supplier-supplied
Evidentiary weight: Weaker evidence. Read with the caveat below.
Chain of custody: Supplier despatch → laboratory direct (courier, cold pack, 12 d) → assay. Submitter did not handle the vial.
Assay date: 14 Jul 2025
Submitted to the index: 04 Aug 2025
Laboratory: Janoshik Analytical, Ostrava, Czechia
Method basis: 30 min gradient · high-resolution MS
Verification status: IDENTITY CONSISTENT

What this report does not establish

How much of the named compound is in the vial. Peptide content was not determined, so recovered mass cannot be calculated and the label claim cannot be checked.
That the material is free of bacterial endotoxin. Endotoxin was not measured. No chromatographic result bears on it.
That the material is sterile. Sterility was not tested.
That any other vial in the same lot has the same composition. One vial was tested. Within-lot vial-to-vial variation in this index has a median of 0.28 pp and a 90th percentile of 0.74 pp.
That any other lot from the same supplier has the same composition. Batch-to-batch variation is larger than within-batch variation for every supplier here.
That the material is suitable for administration to a human or an animal. These are research compounds. No result on this site is a safety assessment and the index takes no position on use.
That the material was manufactured by the supplier that sold it. Contract synthesis is normal in this market and twenty-nine batches in the index fingerprint to a bulk from a different company than the one named on the label.

Section 6

Annotations

No annotations on this record. Annotations are short signed technical comments from index contributors; see how to contribute.

Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot QSC-2507-F6894 n=3

Report	Lot	Lab	Quarter	Purity %	Water %	Recovery %	Provenance	Flags	Result
AX-2025-018724	QSC-2507-F6894	Janoshik	2025-Q3	99.50	4.47	101.9	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2025-018725	QSC-2507-F6894	Janoshik	2025-Q3	99.78	5.24	92.3	Supplier-supplied	2	FAIL

Batch rollup and reproducibility assessment →

Cross-sections

All MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) records n=152
All QSC records n=495
All Janoshik records n=3159
All 2025-Q3 records n=819
MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) by supplier
MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) impurity profile

Other recent MK-677 (Ibutamoren mesylate) records in the index.
Report	Supplier	Lot	Lab	Quarter	Purity %	Water %	Recovery %	Provenance	Flags	Result
AX-2026-043524	BCH	BCH-2511-G7276	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.36	4.68	—	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2026-041764	FGP	FGP-2604-K1470	Janoshik	2026-Q2	99.93	5.34	—	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2026-043527	BCH	BCH-2511-G7276	Janoshik	2026-Q2	98.35	4.36	95.5	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2026-042409	SWB	SWB-2605-B4738	Medutest	2026-Q2	99.32	2.99	94.9	Laboratory-retained	1	FAIL
AX-2026-043526	BCH	BCH-2511-G7276	Medutest	2026-Q2	97.60	4.50	—	Buyer-sourced	1	FAIL
AX-2026-042410	SWB	SWB-2605-B4738	Janoshik	2026-Q2	99.61	2.81	—	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2026-041765	FGP	FGP-2604-K1470	Janoshik	2026-Q2	99.93	5.08	—	Supplier-supplied	0	FAIL
AX-2026-043525	BCH	BCH-2511-G7276	Medutest	2026-Q2	98.37	4.32	—	Buyer-sourced	1	FAIL

Other recent QSC records in the index.
Report	Compound	Lot	Lab	Quarter	Purity %	Water %	Recovery %	Provenance	Flags	Result
AX-2026-041683	CJC-1295 (no DAC)	QSC-2606-V8637	Janoshik	2026-Q3	99.93	3.63	97.1	Supplier-supplied	1	FAIL
AX-2026-041727	CJC-1295 with DAC	QSC-2602-E9474	Janoshik	2026-Q3	98.88	6.62	105.3	Supplier-supplied	1	MARGINAL
AX-2026-041728	CJC-1295 with DAC	QSC-2602-E9474	VendorInvestigate	2026-Q3	98.42	7.04	—	Buyer-sourced	1	MARGINAL
AX-2026-041734	CJC-1295 with DAC	QSC-2602-E9474	Medutest	2026-Q3	99.43	7.17	105.5	Supplier-supplied	2	FAIL
AX-2026-041652	Liraglutide	QSC-2605-W8602	Nordanalyt	2026-Q3	99.33	6.55	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-041730	CJC-1295 with DAC	QSC-2602-E9474	PeptideMeter	2026-Q3	98.79	6.93	95.4	Supplier-supplied	1	MARGINAL
AX-2026-041686	CJC-1295 (no DAC)	QSC-2606-V8637	Janoshik	2026-Q3	99.93	4.04	—	Supplier-supplied	0	PASS
AX-2026-041653	Liraglutide	QSC-2605-W8602	VendorInvestigate	2026-Q3	98.82	5.95	—	Buyer-sourced	0	PASS