AOD 9604 (5mg)

$120.00

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Description

A single-component research material supplied for controlled research environments. Suitable for studies involving peptide characterization and method development in model systems.Not for human use.


Documentation & Quality Assurance

Each lot is sourced through our verified global supply chain with emphasis on traceability and quality control.These documents are reviewed internally and displayed as they become available. Independent third-party testing is also performed on select lots to confirm identity, purity, and alignment with our internal specifications.


Important Notice

This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for human or veterinary use, and must not be used for diagnostic, therapeutic, or clinical purposes.
This material is not a drug, medical device, or dietary supplement, and has not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


Quality & Manufacturing

All materials are sourced from carefully vetted domestic and international manufacturing partners who follow quality systems consistent with ISO and cGMP principles. Each supplier is reviewed for reliability, documentation integrity, and transparency in testing.

We require a verified purity of 99% or higher and perform independent third-party spot testing to confirm that select lots meet our internal standards for identity, purity, and composition. Where available, endotoxin testing results are included on Certificates of Analysis to verify laboratory purity; their inclusion is for research quality assessment only and does not imply suitability for human or veterinary use.

All research materials are sealed for integrity and packaged for stability during storage and transport from manufacturing through final delivery.

Additional information

Weight 0.0625 lbs

Certificate of Analysis

Every batch undergoes independent third-party laboratory analysis to verify identity, potency, and safety. Testing includes quantitative assay verification, heavy metals screening, and comprehensive microbial analysis.

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Testing Protocol
Third-Party Lab Verified Quantitative Assay Heavy Metals Screened
Sterility Testing (TAMC) Yeast & Mold Testing (TYMC)

Testing performed per USP compendial standards by independent analytical laboratory

Storage Instructions

All products from Apex Health Performance are manufactured using a lyophilization (freeze-drying) process. This method is designed to maintain product integrity and allows vials to remain stable during shipping for approximately 3–4 months.

Once a vial is reconstituted with bacteriostatic water, it should be stored in the refrigerator to help maintain stability. Under these conditions, reconstituted material is generally considered stable for up to 30 days.

Lyophilization is a dehydration technique in which compounds are frozen and then exposed to low pressure. This causes the water in the vial to sublimate directly from solid to gas, leaving behind a stable, crystalline white structure. This powder can be kept at room temperature until reconstitution.

Upon receipt, products should be stored away from heat and light. For short-term use, refrigeration at approximately 4°C (39°F) is suitable. For long-term storage (several months to years), vials may be placed in a freezer at approximately -80°C (-112°F). Freezing is the preferred method for preserving product stability over extended periods.

⚠️ Important Notice:
These products are intended for research use only. Not for human consumption.

Research Use Only

The following peer-reviewed publications reference compounds for laboratory and in vitro research purposes only. Not for human or animal use. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition.

PubMed — Peer-Reviewed Research

Published Scientific Research

Peer-reviewed laboratory studies investigating peptide fragments

6 Studies Found
100% Peer-Reviewed
PubMed Verified Source
Molecular Analysis PubMed

Vasostatin-2 attenuates injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia through the ACE2/MasR/PPARγ/NR1D1/Gas1 axis.

Cardiovascular research 2025

However, its role in injury-induced vascular remodelling remains unclear. A combination of multi-omics (Bulk RNA sequencing, CUT&Tag detection, and glutathione S-transferase pull-down/mass spectrometry analysis) was employed to investigate underlying mechanisms.

View Full Study on PubMed
Literature Review PubMed

Casein glycomacropeptide in phenylketonuria: does it bring clinical benefit?

Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2024

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Casein glycomacropeptide (CGMP) is a milk-derived bioactive sialyated phosphorylated peptide with distinctive nutritional and nutraceutical properties, produced during the cheese making process. It comprises 20-25% of total protein in whey products. CGMP is low in phenylalanine (Phe) and provides an alternative to Phe-free amino acids as a source of protein equivalent for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). The amino acid sequence of CGMP is adapted by adding the amino acids

View Full Study on PubMed
Literature Review PubMed

PLGA/PLA-Based Long-Acting Injectable Depot Microspheres in Clinical Use: Production and Characterization Overview for Protein/Peptide Delivery.

International journal of molecular sciences 2021

Besides, the encapsulated proteins/peptides are susceptible to harsh processing conditions associated with microsphere fabrication methods, including exposure to organic solvent, shear stress, and temperature fluctuations.

View Full Study on PubMed
Laboratory Research PubMed

Biological activity versus physiological function of proinsulin C-peptide.

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2021

Proinsulin C-peptide (C-peptide) has drawn much research attention. Even if the peptide has turned out not to be important in the treatment of diabetes, every phase of C-peptide research has changed our view on insulin and peptide hormone biology. The first phase revealed that peptide hormones can be subject to processing, and that their pro-forms may involve regulatory stages. The second phase revealed the possibility that one prohormone could harbor more than one activity, and that the additio

View Full Study on PubMed
Literature Review PubMed

Hemorphins-From Discovery to Functions and Pharmacology.

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2021

During the last three decades, a variety of different studies on bioactive peptides that are opioid receptor ligands, have been carried out, with regard to their isolation and identification, as well as their molecular functions in living organisms.

View Full Study on PubMed
Molecular Analysis PubMed

Elastin in the Tumor Microenvironment.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2020

Elastic fibers are found in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tissues requiring resilience and depend on elasticity. Elastin and its degradation products have multiple roles in the oncologic process. In many malignancies, the remodeled ECM expresses high levels of the elastin protein which may have either positive or negative effects on tumor growth. Elastin cross-linking with other ECM components and the enzymes governing this process all have effects on tumorigenesis. Elastases, and specifical

View Full Study on PubMed
Research Use Only

The following peer-reviewed publications reference compounds for laboratory and in vitro research purposes only. Not for human or animal use. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition.

PubMed — Peer-Reviewed Research

Published Scientific Research

Peer-reviewed laboratory studies investigating peptide fragments

Literature Review PubMed

Human sports drug testing by mass spectrometry.

Mass spectrometry reviews 2017

Since the installation of anti-doping rules and regulations and their international enforcement in the mid-1960s, mass spectrometry has been an integral part of doping control procedures. Although its utility was limited in the first decade, instrumental improvements and method optimizations have made mass spectrometry, in all its facets, an indispensable tool in modern sports drug testing. In this review, milestones in doping control analysis accomplished in Germany and reaching from the early

View Full Study on PubMed
Molecular Analysis PubMed

Simplifying and expanding the screening for peptides <2 kDa by direct urine injection, liquid chromatography, and ion mobility mass spectrometry.

Journal of separation science 2016

The analysis of low-molecular-mass peptides in doping controls has become a mandatory aspect in sports drug testing and, thus, the number of samples that has to be tested for these analytes has been steadily increasing. Several peptides <2 kDa with performance-enhancing properties are covered by the list of prohibited substances of the World Anti-Doping Agency including Desmopressin, LH-RH, Buserelin, Triptorelin, Leuprolide, GHRP-1, GHRP-2, GHRP-3, GHRP-4, GHRP-5,GHRP-6, Alexamorelin, Ipamoreli

View Full Study on PubMed
In Vitro Study PubMed

Detection and in vitro metabolism of AOD9604.

Drug testing and analysis 2015

AOD9604 is a peptide consisting of the C-terminal fragment of human growth hormone from amino acids 177-191 with an additional tyrosine residue at the N-terminus of the peptide. It is reported to mimic the lipolytic properties of growth hormone without the diabetogenic side effects. Therefore, AOD9604 may be used as a performance enhancing drug and is banned by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). The peptide is available on several Internet websites and was recently identified in confiscated vi

View Full Study on PubMed
Molecular Analysis PubMed

Detecting peptidic drugs, drug candidates and analogs in sports doping: current status and future directions.

Expert review of proteomics 2014

With the growing availability of mature systems and strategies in biotechnology and the continuously expanding knowledge of cellular processes and involved biomolecules, human sports drug testing has become a considerably complex field in the arena of analytical chemistry. Proving the exogenous origin of peptidic drugs and respective analogs at lowest concentration levels in biological specimens (commonly blood, serum and urine) of rather limited volume is required to pursue an action against ch

View Full Study on PubMed
Literature Review PubMed

Analytical approaches for the detection of emerging therapeutics and non-approved drugs in human doping controls.

Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis 2014

modified insulin-like growth factor-1, TB-500, hematide/peginesatide, growth hormone releasing peptides, AOD-9604, etc.) and non-peptidic (selective androgen receptor modulators, hypoxia-inducible factor stabilizers, siRNA, S-107 and ARM036/aladorian, etc.) as well as inorganic (cobalt) nature are considered and discussed in terms of specific requirements originating from physicochemical properties, concentration levels, metabolism, and their amenability for chromatographic-mass spectrometric or alternative detection methods.

View Full Study on PubMed
TEST — CODE SNIPPETS IS WORKING
Research Use Only

The following peer-reviewed publications reference compounds for laboratory and in vitro research purposes only. Not for human or animal use. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition.

PubMed — Peer-Reviewed Research

Published Scientific Research

Peer-reviewed laboratory studies investigating peptide fragments

Molecular Analysis PubMed

Vasostatin-2 attenuates injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia through the ACE2/MasR/PPARγ/NR1D1/Gas1 axis.

Cardiovascular research 2025

However, its role in injury-induced vascular remodelling remains unclear. A combination of multi-omics (Bulk RNA sequencing, CUT&Tag detection, and glutathione S-transferase pull-down/mass spectrometry analysis) was employed to investigate underlying mechanisms.

View Full Study on PubMed →
Literature Review PubMed

Casein glycomacropeptide in phenylketonuria: does it bring clinical benefit?

Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2024

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Casein glycomacropeptide (CGMP) is a milk-derived bioactive sialyated phosphorylated peptide with distinctive nutritional and nutraceutical properties, produced during the cheese making process. It comprises 20-25% of total protein in whey products. CGMP is low in phenylalanine (Phe) and provides an alternative to Phe-free amino acids as a source of protein equivalent for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). The amino acid sequence of CGMP is adapted by adding the amino acids

View Full Study on PubMed →
Literature Review PubMed

PLGA/PLA-Based Long-Acting Injectable Depot Microspheres in Clinical Use: Production and Characterization Overview for Protein/Peptide Delivery.

International journal of molecular sciences 2021

Besides, the encapsulated proteins/peptides are susceptible to harsh processing conditions associated with microsphere fabrication methods, including exposure to organic solvent, shear stress, and temperature fluctuations.

View Full Study on PubMed →
Laboratory Research PubMed

Biological activity versus physiological function of proinsulin C-peptide.

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2021

Proinsulin C-peptide (C-peptide) has drawn much research attention. Even if the peptide has turned out not to be important in the treatment of diabetes, every phase of C-peptide research has changed our view on insulin and peptide hormone biology. The first phase revealed that peptide hormones can be subject to processing, and that their pro-forms may involve regulatory stages. The second phase revealed the possibility that one prohormone could harbor more than one activity, and that the additio

View Full Study on PubMed →
Literature Review PubMed

Hemorphins-From Discovery to Functions and Pharmacology.

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2021

During the last three decades, a variety of different studies on bioactive peptides that are opioid receptor ligands, have been carried out, with regard to their isolation and identification, as well as their molecular functions in living organisms.

View Full Study on PubMed →
Molecular Analysis PubMed

Elastin in the Tumor Microenvironment.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2020

Elastic fibers are found in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tissues requiring resilience and depend on elasticity. Elastin and its degradation products have multiple roles in the oncologic process. In many malignancies, the remodeled ECM expresses high levels of the elastin protein which may have either positive or negative effects on tumor growth. Elastin cross-linking with other ECM components and the enzymes governing this process all have effects on tumorigenesis. Elastases, and specifical

View Full Study on PubMed →

Important Research Notice: These products are research chemicals intended exclusively for in vitro laboratory research by qualified professionals. Not for human or animal consumption. Not approved by the FDA for any therapeutic purpose. Sold strictly for scientific research applications only.

Frequently Asked Questions

Essential information about our research-grade peptides and quality standards.

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds, typically consisting of 2-50 amino acids. They serve as the building blocks of proteins and play crucial roles in biological processes.

Research peptides are synthesized versions of naturally occurring peptides, manufactured to precise specifications for use in scientific studies.

Key characteristics: High purity (≥98%), lyophilized form for stability, accompanied by Certificates of Analysis (COA), and manufactured under strict quality control protocols.

Peptide purity refers to the percentage of the target peptide present in a sample, measured via High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).

Our Standard: All our research peptides maintain ≥98% purity, verified by third-party laboratory testing and documented in our Certificates of Analysis.

Higher purity is critical for research because impurities can interfere with experimental results and compromise the reproducibility of studies.

All products are supplied in lyophilized powder form within sterile, sealed vials. This format provides:

  • Maximum stability: Extended shelf life compared to liquid solutions
  • Precise measurement: Researchers can work with desired quantities
  • Contamination protection: Sealed vials prevent environmental exposure
  • Shipping durability: Powder form is more stable during transit

Lyophilized peptides:

  • Store at -4°F for long-term storage (up to 24 months)
  • Store at 36-46°F (refrigerated) for short-term storage (up to 3 months)
  • Keep away from light, moisture, and repeated temperature fluctuations

We supply research-grade peptides to:

  • Academic and university research laboratories
  • Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
  • Independent research institutions
  • Licensed professionals conducting legitimate scientific research

We maintain rigorous quality control through a multi-step verification process:

  • HPLC Analysis: Every batch tested to verify ≥98% purity
  • Mass Spectrometry: Molecular weight confirmation for peptide identity
  • Third-Party Testing: Independent laboratory verification
  • Sterility Protocols: Aseptic handling and packaging procedures
  • Batch Documentation: Complete traceability from synthesis to delivery

"Research Use Only" (RUO) is a classification indicating that a product is intended exclusively for laboratory research and experimental investigation.

All orders are shipped with research-grade handling protocols:

  • Packaging: Insulated containers with cold packs when required
  • Carriers: USPS Priority Mail
  • Processing: Orders placed before 12 PM EST ship same business day
  • Tracking: Full tracking information provided via email

We stand behind every product:

  • Quality guarantee: Full replacement or refund if products don't meet stated specifications
  • Shipping issues: Free replacement for damaged or lost shipments
  • Unopened returns: Accepted within 30 days for store credit
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⚠️ Research Use Only — Legal Acknowledgment

All products on this website are sold strictly for in vitro research and laboratory use only.

  • Not for human or veterinary use, consumption, or application
  • Not FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease
  • Buyer assumes full responsibility for legal compliance in their jurisdiction

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