Foundational guide
Buy Sermorelin Peptide: 3357.9 g/mol or Something Else
Four compounds are sold as one category and they are four different purchases. This is the identity work: the residue count, the formula, the public database record that confirms both, and the reason a growth hormone secretagogue is not growth hormone.
Buy sermorelin peptide and the word doing the work in that phrase is the last one. A peptide is a defined object: a sequence, a residue count, a formula and a mass. Every one of those is published, and every one of them can be checked against a vendor’s own document in about a minute.
That matters here more than usual, because four molecules are sold as one category. They have different targets, different regulatory positions and different literatures, and the only thing that reliably separates them on a certificate is arithmetic.
Supplier publishing lot-level data
Sermorelin, Ascension Peptides
This lot carries a certificate from one independent laboratory. The code below halves the listed price on the vial.
The published certificate for lot 38-01260229 assays this vial at 11.31 mg against a 10 mg label, and reports purity and quantity only, with no endotoxin or sterility testing. Buying 3, 5 or 10 takes 3%, 5% or 10% off the list price. Free shipping starts at $250.
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Buy sermorelin peptide: the numbers that define it
Sermorelin is a synthetic 29-amino-acid peptide equal to the active N-terminal fragment of human growth hormone-releasing hormone, written GHRH(1-29) amide. In single-letter code the sequence is YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSR, terminating in an amide rather than a free acid. Its molecular formula is C149H246N44O42S and its molecular weight is 3357.9.
Mechanically it is a secretagogue. It binds the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor on the anterior pituitary and prompts release of the body’s own growth hormone, which is a categorically different thing from administering recombinant growth hormone. That distinction is the honest answer to the most common question buyers ask about this compound, and it also explains why the two have entirely separate regulatory records.
None of those figures is proprietary. PubChem CID 16132413 returns the title Sermorelin with the same formula and the same 3357.9 mass, which means a vendor’s description and a public database can be compared directly by anyone. The compound’s own research record, including where the evidence stops, is our summary of the literature.
Running the identity check on a real certificate
Take the document for lot 38-01260229, issued by MZ Biolabs of Tucson, Arizona and analysed on 7 February 2026. It prints the peptide sequence in three-letter code. Converting it gives YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSR. Counting gives twenty-nine residues. The C-terminal amide is noted. That combination is canonical GHRH(1-29) amide, so the document is describing sermorelin.
The second half of the check is the mass. The vendor states C149H246N44O42S at 3357.9 g/mol; PubChem CID 16132413 returns the same formula and the same mass. Agreement between two sources that were not derived from each other is a weak positive on its own. A disagreement, though, would be a strong negative, and that asymmetry is what makes the check worth the minute it takes: it cannot prove the vial is right, and it can prove a document is wrong.
The same certificate puts purity at 99.79 percent and quantity at 11.31 mg on a 10 mg label, both by HPLC-UV-MS across four detected peaks. It carries no bacterial endotoxin result and no sterility screen, which is a property of that lot rather than of the product, and it is the line worth deciding about before purchase rather than after.
Two failure modes this check catches are worth naming, because they look different on paper and fail for the same reason. The first is a truncated sequence: a fragment shorter than twenty-nine residues is a different molecule with a different mass, and the residue count exposes it without any chemistry. The second is a certificate that prints a name and a purity figure and no sequence at all, which cannot be checked in either direction. A document that gives you a percentage and withholds the structure has asked for trust precisely where verification was available.
Four compounds sold as one category
These are routinely listed side by side, cross-sold to each other, and discussed as though the choice between them were a matter of preference. They are four different molecules with four different positions.
| Compound | What the molecule is | Receptor | Standing with FDA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sermorelin | GHRH(1-29) amide, 29 residues, 3357.9 g/mol | GHRH receptor | Approved as Geref, both applications discontinued, no current label |
| Tesamorelin | Stabilised GHRH analog | GHRH receptor | Currently approved, marketed as Egrifta |
| Ipamorelin | A secretagogue, not a GHRH fragment | Ghrelin receptor | Ipamorelin acetate is on the compounding risk list under 503B |
| MK-677 | Ibutamoren mesylate, a secretagogue by another route | Ghrelin receptor | Ibutamoren mesylate is on that list under both 503A and 503B |
Column four is the one nobody expects. FDA’s Category 2 list catalogues the bulk drug substances that may present significant safety risks in compounding, and sermorelin is absent from it in every section, active and withdrawn. GHRP-2, GHRP-6 and kisspeptin-10 are listed. BPC-157, Melanotan II, Selank, Semax, MOTS-c and epitalon were nominated and withdrawn. That absence is the reason a lawful prescription route exists here, and it is checkable in a few minutes. The stack that pairs two of these molecules is covered in our note on CJC-1295 and ipamorelin.
The trial search that appears to answer and does not
Search ClinicalTrials.gov for this compound and dozens of studies come back, which reads like a healthy registered literature. Open them and none names sermorelin as an intervention. They are trials of growth hormone-releasing hormone, of tesamorelin and of octreotide, surfaced because the registry matches synonyms and related terms.
That result deserves care rather than dismissal. Sermorelin is GHRH(1-29), so some of the GHRH literature genuinely bears on it. A trial of a stabilised analog is still a trial of a different molecule with different pharmacokinetics, and treating the two as one is exactly the substitution the table above exists to prevent. The practical rule is simple: there are no registered trials naming this compound, so any page quoting a study identifier for it is quoting a study about something else.
PubMed gives the same shape of answer more honestly. It returns 332 papers mentioning sermorelin, three with the word in the title, and zero for the compound alongside anti-aging. Of those three, one is a 1999 review of use in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency, one is a 2006 discussion of adult-onset growth hormone insufficiency, and the third concerns recurrent glioma and has no bearing on anything a buyer is asking about. That is the whole title literature, and it is worth knowing its size before reading a page that implies otherwise.
What identity does and does not settle
Confirming that a document describes GHRH(1-29) amide settles the question of which molecule you are buying. It settles nothing about purity beyond what the same certificate reports, nothing about endotoxin load, and nothing about what the material does.
The regulatory history sits in the same category: real, and about a product rather than a vial. Geref carried NDA 019863 for pituitary diagnostics and NDA 020443 for therapeutic use, approved 26 September 1997, both from EMD Serono. Neither is marketed now, and the Federal Register determination on that record excludes safety and effectiveness as the reason. The approved indications were paediatric growth hormone deficiency and pituitary diagnostics, which is a narrower territory than the market implies.
The linked vial carries a $99.99 list and a $72.00 site price, and the code brings it to $36.00: $3.60 a labelled milligram, $3.18 against what that lot assayed. The compound most often mistaken for this one, and the only member of the group holding a current approval, is covered in our note on tesamorelin.
Frequently asked questions
- What exactly is the sermorelin peptide?
- A synthetic 29-amino-acid peptide identical to the active N-terminal fragment of human growth hormone-releasing hormone, written GHRH(1-29) amide. Its sequence in single-letter code is YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSR with a C-terminal amide, its molecular formula is C149H246N44O42S, and its molecular weight is 3357.9. PubChem CID 16132413 returns all three.
- Is sermorelin the same thing as HGH?
- No, and the distinction is mechanical rather than semantic. It binds the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor on the anterior pituitary and prompts release of the body's own growth hormone, which makes it a secretagogue. Recombinant growth hormone is the hormone itself, administered directly. Buying one when you meant the other is buying a different molecule with a different regulatory history and a different literature.
- How do I confirm a certificate describes sermorelin and not a lookalike?
- Count and cross-check. Convert the printed sequence from three-letter to single-letter code, count the residues, and confirm you have twenty-nine with a C-terminal amide. Then look up PubChem CID 16132413 and compare the formula and mass against the vendor's stated values. A short sequence, a residue count that is not 29, or a formula that does not match ends the enquiry without any further reading.
- Why are sermorelin, tesamorelin, ipamorelin and MK-677 not interchangeable?
- They differ by molecule, by target and by regulatory position. Sermorelin is GHRH(1-29) and was approved as Geref, now discontinued. Tesamorelin is a stabilised GHRH analog that currently holds an approval as Egrifta. Ipamorelin and MK-677 act at the ghrelin receptor rather than the GHRH receptor, and both are named on FDA's Category 2 list, from which sermorelin is absent. Four molecules, four positions, one marketing category.
- Why do trial searches return results if no sermorelin trials exist?
- Because the registry matches synonyms. A ClinicalTrials.gov search for sermorelin returns dozens of studies and none of them name it as an intervention: they are growth hormone-releasing hormone, tesamorelin and octreotide trials. Sermorelin is GHRH(1-29), so parts of the GHRH literature are genuinely relevant, and a GHRH trial is still not a sermorelin trial. Any page citing a study identifier for this compound is citing something else.
Limitations of the evidence
Identity checks confirm that documents agree with each other and with a public database. They do not confirm the contents of any vial, which would require an assay we did not run. The sequence, formula and mass quoted are the published values for the compound and the values printed on one certificate for one lot; a document can be accurate and still describe material other than the one shipped. The comparison of related compounds is a summary of what each molecule is and where it stands with FDA, not a comparison of effects, and we make no claim about what any of them does. Sermorelin was approved as Geref and both applications are discontinued, so no current label defines a specification here, and nothing on this page describes or recommends human use.
References
Citations are annotated with an evidence tier reflecting study design and replication. See Methodology for criteria.
- 1.National Center for Biotechnology Information · PubChem Compound Summary, CID 16132413, Sermorelin · 2026Validated
- 2.MZ Biolabs, for Ascension Peptides · Certificate of Analysis, sermorelin, lot 38-01260229, quantitative HPLC-UV-MS, analysed 7 February 2026 · 2026Validated
- 3.Prakash A, Goa KL · Sermorelin: a review of its use in the diagnosis and treatment of children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency · BioDrugs · 1999PMID 18031173Validated
- 4.Walker RF · Sermorelin: a better approach to management of adult-onset growth hormone insufficiency? · Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2006PMID 18046908Validated
- 5.U.S. National Library of Medicine · ClinicalTrials.gov, search results for sermorelin · 2026Validated