Compound reference
Cagrilintide
Long-acting amylin analogue · Updated
A long-acting analogue of amylin, a naturally occurring peptide hormone.
Identity
- Sequence
- Pending
- Molecular formula
- Pending
- Molecular weight
- Pending
- CAS number
- Pending
Marked pending rather than filled in from a secondary source. These figures will be published when they come from our own analysis, so that this page and the certificates agree.
Published research areas
Fields in which this compound appears in the published literature. These describe where the research sits, not what it concluded.
- Amylin receptor pharmacology
- The principal field, examining binding and selectivity at amylin and calcitonin receptor families.
- Metabolic research models
- Investigated in laboratory models examining metabolic regulation, frequently alongside incretin compounds.
- Quantitative assay development
- Used as a characterized ligand where a known input quantity is required for a standard curve.
What the analysis should cover
- Identity by mass spectrometry. Analogues differ from the parent hormone by design, so mass confirms which of several related molecules is present.
- Purity by HPLC with the chromatogram reproduced.
- Net peptide content, which receptor pharmacology depends on directly — a binding constant calculated from an assumed mass inherits the error.
- Salt form and residual counterion, particularly where cell-based assays are involved.
How to read a certificate of analysis covers what each of these measurements establishes.
Handling and stability
- Supplied freeze-dried and sealed.
- Residual moisture is the figure that most directly predicts how long sealed material keeps.
- Stored cold, dry and dark in the container as supplied.
Why peptides ship freeze-dried sets out the reasoning behind these conditions.
Supplied by us
A long-acting amylin analogue, freeze-dried and sealed in a 10mg vial. Used in receptor-ligand studies, blocking and competition assays, and quantitative assay development. Every lot ships with its own certificate of analysis.
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