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AX-2026-042011

Epitalon · 20 mg declared · Tianjin Finder Chemical Co., Ltd. · lot TFC-2508-W5644

FAILMETHOD LIMITED
Report ID
AX-2026-042011
Compound
Epitalon
Compound class
Short bioregulator peptides
Supplier
TFC — Tianjin Finder Chemical Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
TFC-2508-W5644
Declared label claim
20mg
Laboratory
Medutest
Assay date
25 Feb 2026
Submitted
04 Mar 2026
Quarter
2026-Q1
Submitter
a.palacios
Sample provenance
Supplier-supplied
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, 25 min gradient, 214 nm99.00% area≥ 99.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks1.00% area≤ 1.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — β-Asp isomer0.58% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identitynot ordered on this submissionnot determinedrequired for VERIFIED statusNOT TESTED
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance79.70%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity78.90%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen25.26mg20 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content19.930mg20 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim99.6%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate6.44%≤ 12.0PASS
Counter-ion (acetate)anion-exchange ion chromatography12.86%≤ 10.0FAIL
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/1.00%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 calibration5.482.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 25 min gradient3.84min3.91 ± 0.20 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.250.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²63,731≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs β-Asp isomer1.34no 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.

06697133942009126787 Epitalon3.84 min · 99.00 % 3.76 same trace · ×100 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 63,731, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.25. 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 99.00 % 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 peak3.844,811,70799.00
2β-Asp isomer3.7628,1900.580.000
3Ala-Glu-Asp tripeptide (−57 Da)3.6713,1230.27-57.021
4diketopiperazine (−18 Da)3.974,3740.09-18.011
5aspartimide (−18 Da)3.942,9160.06-18.011
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 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 Fischer6.44
Counter-ion (acetate)ion chromatography12.86
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated1.00
Total peptide contentby difference79.70
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)99.3099.00divergence +0.45 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)0.701.00
Largest single impurity (% area)0.380.58
Water (%)5.66.44
Counter-ion (%)not stated12.86
Peptide content (%w/w)not stated79.70
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
Supplier-supplied
Evidentiary weight
Weaker evidence. Read with the caveat below.
Chain of custody
Supplier despatch → laboratory direct (courier, cold pack, 5 d) → assay. Submitter did not handle the vial.
Assay date
25 Feb 2026
Submitted to the index
04 Mar 2026
Laboratory
Medutest, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Method basis
25 min gradient · unit-resolution MS
Verification status
METHOD LIMITED
Section 6

Annotations

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Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot TFC-2508-W5644 n=9

ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-042003TFC-2508-W5644Janoshik2026-Q198.506.39Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2026-042004TFC-2508-W5644Medutest2026-Q199.246.7590.6Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-042005TFC-2508-W5644Medutest2026-Q199.217.10Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL
AX-2026-042006TFC-2508-W5644Janoshik2026-Q198.856.43102.1Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-042007TFC-2508-W5644Nordanalyt2026-Q198.556.16102.0Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-042008TFC-2508-W5644Janoshik2026-Q199.076.7689.9Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL
AX-2026-042009TFC-2508-W5644Janoshik2026-Q198.427.29Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-042010TFC-2508-W5644Janoshik2026-Q198.656.9590.2Supplier-supplied0FAIL
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AX-2026-043099KPKP-2512-R5829PeptideMeter2026-Q298.336.5294.5Supplier-supplied2FAIL
AX-2026-042209HomopeptideHOMO-2512-A1223Janoshik2026-Q299.937.83100.3Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-042208HomopeptideHOMO-2512-A1223PeptideMeter2026-Q299.367.93102.7Supplier-supplied0FAIL
AX-2026-043098KPKP-2512-R5829Janoshik2026-Q297.716.99Supplier-supplied2FAIL
AX-2026-041270WWBWWB-2602-G2822Janoshik2026-Q299.756.6988.9Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043097KPKP-2512-R5829Janoshik2026-Q298.006.7491.6Supplier-supplied2FAIL
AX-2026-043096KPKP-2512-R5829Medutest2026-Q297.616.3897.0Buyer-sourced3FAIL
AX-2026-043095KPKP-2512-R5829Janoshik2026-Q297.686.82Supplier-supplied2FAIL
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