AOD9604 / FIELD GUIDE / 06

AOD9604 quality testing

The original powder-lot certificate, with every reported measurement kept in context.

Editorial update

01 / The supplied two-page certificate

The report covers AOD-9604 5 mg powder, lot PL-2609-006.

Certificate PL-26-00006 identifies a lyophilized powder with a 5 mg-per-vial label claim. It describes two sampled units from a lot of 250, and explicitly identifies the analysis as in-house.

Page 1 of the original AOD-9604 5 mg certificate, showing lot PL-2609-006, reported 99.58% purity and its test table
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In-house laboratory · no outside report attached

The test scope stays attached to the sampled powder.

The document is not an independent third-party test. Its conclusion concerns the tests performed on the named lot; it does not mean every vial was individually tested or a finished pen or spray was evaluated.

Identifiers printed in the original certificate.
ProductAOD-9604 5 mg
FormLyophilized powder
LotPL-2609-006
CertificatePL-26-00006
Verification keyEMR8HYMS
IssuedOctober 3, 2026

The original states laboratory research use only, not human or veterinary use. Hosting the document is not an independent authentication of the laboratory work.

02 / Three separate questions

Identity, purity and milligrams are different measurements.

Reported identity1815.3 Da

The measured mass stated in the LC-MS identity section.

Theoretical reference: 1815.1 Da.
Reported purity99.58%

The main peak’s share of integrated HPLC detector area.

It is not a percentage assay of every material in a vial.
Label claim5 mg

The stated amount per vial.

No separate quantitative fill-content assay is supplied.

A mass match supports the laboratory’s identity conclusion. An HPLC area percentage describes the chromatographic result under that method. Neither entry, by itself, verifies that an individual container contains exactly 5 mg. Source: original certificate, pages 1–2 ↗

Do not multiply 5 mg by 99.58% and call the result a measured dose. The 5 mg is a label claim, while 99.58% is an integrated detector-area share. A calibrated quantitative content assay would be needed to establish measured peptide mass. The separate 1.7% water result does not supply that missing assay.
03 / Check the printed arithmetic

The main peak area calculates to exactly 99.58%.

The chromatogram places the AOD-9604 main peak at 3.66 minutes. Page 2 supplies four numerical integration entries, so the reported area percentage can be checked directly.

Main peak area ÷ total integrated area × 100

4,281,940 ÷ 4,300,000 × 100 = 99.58%

Main and remaining HPLC peak-area sharesThe main AOD-9604 peak accounts for 99.58 percent of the integrated area. The three remaining peaks together account for 0.42 percent. The bar represents detector-area shares, not measured mass fractions.
Main peak 99.58%Other integrated peaks 0.42%
The bar preserves the reported proportions. It is an arithmetic illustration of the printed table, not a new chromatogram or independent laboratory test.
Exact peak-table entries from page 2 of the original certificate.
PeakRetention timeIntegrated areaArea share
12.89 min5,1600.12%
2 · AOD-96043.66 min4,281,94099.58%
34.42 min7,3100.17%
45.18 min5,5900.13%
Total—4,300,000100.00%

The three smaller peaks total 18,060 area units, or 0.42%. The largest is the 0.17% peak at 4.42 minutes. The table, main-peak annotation and headline percentage agree; no numerical discrepancy was found in this calculation.

Method context

The stated method defines the reported result.

The certificate specifies RP-HPLC with a C18 column, UV detection at 214 nm, a water/acetonitrile gradient with 0.1% TFA and a 10-minute run. The integration threshold is 0.05% area; blank subtraction is marked yes.

Analytical sample

0.5 mg/mL belongs to the laboratory method.

That figure is the analytical sample concentration. It is not the pen strength, a consumer reconstitution instruction or a statement of the spray’s concentration.

04 / Read the mass result

The reported mass falls within the certificate’s acceptance window.

Reference average mass

1815.1 Da

The theoretical value printed for the named AOD-9604 compound.

Reported observed mass

1815.3 Da

The LC-MS result stated by the issuing laboratory.

Reported difference

+0.2 Da

Reported as 110 ppm, within the document’s theoretical ±1.0 Da acceptance criterion.

The certificate identifies CAS 221231-10-3, formula C78H123N23O23S2, and the sequence H-YLRIVQCRSVEGSCGF-OH: 16 residues with a Cys7–Cys14 disulfide. The first residue is tyrosine. These are the document’s reference identifiers for AOD-9604, rather than a generic reference to any growth-hormone fragment. Inspect the identity record ↗

Page 2 specifies positive electrospray mass spectrometry and records a deconvoluted mass, ion readings and an instrument data-file name. It supplies no full mass spectrum or raw instrument file. This guide reports the laboratory’s stated conclusion; it does not independently reconstruct the analysis or establish every structural feature from a mass value alone.

05 / The complete reported panel

Seven test rows describe the sampled powder.

All seven rows are marked PASS. That conclusion applies to the listed tests, methods and sampled units; it does not add tests that are absent from the report.

Results transcribed from page 1 of the original document.
TestMethodReported result
AppearanceVisual inspectionWhite lyophilized powder
IdentityLC-MS, ESI positive1815.3 Da
PurityRP-HPLC, UV 214 nm, area percentage99.58%
Largest impurityRP-HPLC, area percentage0.17% at 4.42 minutes
WaterKarl Fischer1.7%
Bacterial endotoxinKinetic LAL0.04 EU/mg; printed limit ≤5.0 EU/mg
Sterility / bioburdenUSP <71>, membrane filtrationNo growth; conforms, against a stated 14-day no-growth criterion

The purity, largest-impurity and water specification cells print “99.0%,” “1.0%” and “5.0%” without inequality symbols. The sterility/bioburden entry is a qualitative no-growth result, not a numerical bioburden count.

The water result is distinct from HPLC area purity. Endotoxin and sterility are also separate tests: one result cannot replace the other. A no-growth result for sampled powder does not establish what happens after later mixing, filling, opening or handling.

06 / Finished-product scope

The powder COA does not test the finished pen or nasal spray.

What is supplied, and what additional evidence would answer a different question.
FormatEvidence in handNot established by this PDF
5 mg powder vialNamed-lot identity, HPLC area purity and the other reported testsA quantitative 5 mg fill assay or individual testing of every vial
6 mg / 3 mL penProduct specification of 2 mg/mL; original device imageFinished-solution content, preservative assay, sterility/endotoxin result, stability or click calibration
10 mg nasal sprayListing and original labels, including documented disagreementsExact fill volume, resolved formulation, delivered mass per spray, finished-solution testing or absorption

The listings refer to tested source peptide lots. No supplied batch-traceability record connects a particular pen or spray bottle to this precise powder lot. Even a documented connection would not turn a powder test into a finished-product test.

The spray’s photographed “3rd Party Tested” wording is not supported by an attached independent report here. The supplied certificate explicitly describes in-house analysis and lists no outside-laboratory reports. Its scope also cannot resolve the 100 mcg versus 50 mcg label arithmetic or the ingredient discrepancy.

The issuing laboratory states that it retains raw data in its own system. Those underlying files were not supplied or independently authenticated. The original PDF and its numerical contents are preserved; the page’s explanation does not represent a new laboratory assessment.

07 / Historical dates and storage

September 18, 2028 is the named powder lot’s retest/expiry entry.

Original dates from the two-page certificate.
EventDateContext
MadeSeptember 18, 2026Powder-lot manufacture
AnalysisSeptember 19, 2026Cover analysis date; HPLC and mass data-file dates
Water testSeptember 20, 2026Additional test entry
Endotoxin testSeptember 21, 2026Additional test entry
Sterility and reviewOctober 2, 2026Listed sterility entry and reviewer date
Issued and releasedOctober 3, 2026Certificate issue and laboratory approval
Retest / expirySeptember 18, 2028Printed entry for this powder lot

The certificate’s storage condition is −20°C, desiccated and dark. The printed date is not a beyond-use date for a reconstituted vial, opened pen or spray bottle. A new editorial date on this website does not renew a test or extend the report’s dates.

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