Compound reference
Ipamorelin
Synthetic pentapeptide · Updated
A five-amino-acid synthetic peptide, studied largely for its selectivity at a single receptor.
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.
- Receptor selectivity studies
- The defining subject of its literature — it is studied precisely because it acts at one receptor with little activity elsewhere, which makes it useful as a control.
- Growth hormone axis research
- Investigated in laboratory models examining regulation along the hypothalamic–pituitary axis.
- Receptor-ligand interaction studies
- Used as a characterized ligand in binding and competition work.
What the analysis should cover
- Identity by mass spectrometry. Selectivity work depends on the molecule being exactly what it is claimed to be, since a related impurity would confound the result.
- Purity by HPLC with the trace published — for a compound used as a selectivity control, purity is doing more work than usual.
- Net peptide content. At five residues, counterion accounts for a larger share of weighed mass than it would for a long peptide.
- Where supplied in a blend, each component established separately.
How to read a certificate of analysis covers what each of these measurements establishes.
Handling and stability
- Supplied freeze-dried and sealed within a blend.
- Residual moisture governs how long sealed material stays as analyzed.
- 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
We supply this compound within a pre-combined blend rather than on its own.
Tesamorelin and Ipamorelin, combined before filling, so both arrive in one sealed 18mg vial rather than two. Freeze-dried, with the analysis for its lot.
View Tesamorelin / Ipamorelin