Vol. 3, No. 6 — June 2026Independent since 2024

TheCompound Journal

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Vendor dossier · Xi'an

Xi'an Mokemei Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

A Xi’an supplier that runs two orthogonal purity determinations on most lots and supplies a mass-spectrometric identity confirmation without charging for it.

Trading as MKM · also seen as MKM Biotech, Mokemei
Domain: mokemeibiotechnology.com (the Journal links the storefront for verification; a link is not an endorsement)
Established 2016 · Posture: Two orthogonal purity methods; identity supplied free
Dossier opened by Noor Haddadin; analytical record maintained with Callum Brathwaite
Last reviewed 30 June 2026 · reviewed quarterly

B+

Journal grade · ranked 19 of 28

954 reader reports
on the record

MKM issues some of the better certificates in this directory: two orthogonal purity determinations on most lots, water content as standard, and a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry identity confirmation on request at no charge. We asked for the identity work on four orders and received it on four, with the observed and the calculated monoisotopic mass both stated on the page.

Storefront The company sells directly at mokemeibiotechnology.com. Visit MKM → — a labelled, nofollowed link the Journal is paid nothing for. Read the record before you use it.

The record

Ten independent purity determinations, mean 97.4%, range 96.5 to 98.4%, all inside the stated specification, with the vendor’s own figure inside half a percentage point of ours on seven of the ten. Several companies in this directory hold a tighter agreement than that and one of them holds it on a longer run, so this is not a claim to primacy; it is a claim that the certificate is doing its job, which is a lower bar and the one most buyers are actually testing.

The free identity confirmation is unusual and worth stating plainly. A mass measurement is not a sequence confirmation and the company does not claim it is; what it does is close the question of whether the vial contains the molecule on the label, which is the question most buyers actually have. Water content on ten of ten certificates closes a second one.

The 2016 incorporation in Xi’an is on the register and the company now uses that date consistently in its own material. Ten of ten orders arrived, median transit eleven days, with the certificate and the identity report attached to the dispatch email rather than sent afterwards.

Dispatch and warehouses

Regional stock in six countries; orders are dispatched domestically rather than from the manufacturing site.

  • Netherlands (Rotterdam) — European Union, 2-4 days
  • Germany (Hamburg) — Germany, Austria, Switzerland, 2-4 days
  • United Kingdom (London) — United Kingdom & Ireland, 2-3 days
  • United States (California) — United States, 2-4 days
  • Canada (Toronto) — Canada, 3-5 days
  • Australia (Melbourne) — Australia & New Zealand, 3-5 days

What we verified

  • Ten independent purity determinations, mean 97.4% (range 96.5 to 98.4%); vendor figures within 0.5 percentage points of ours on 7 of 10.
  • LC-MS identity confirmation supplied free on request, 4 of 4 requests honoured, with observed and calculated masses both stated.
  • Water content reported as standard on 10 of 10 certificates; two orthogonal purity determinations on most lots.
  • 2016 incorporation in Xi’an, per registry records, used consistently in the company’s own material.

Ordering: lead times, minimums and what to ask for

  • Lead time: two working days to dispatch; median transit eleven days with documents attached to the dispatch email.
  • Minimum quantity: single vials; a ten-unit break quoted in writing.
  • Regional stock: the two-method lines are held finished; anything outside them is quoted with a lead time before the order is taken.
  • The certificate carries two purity determinations, water content, batch and specification. Ask for the LC-MS identity report by name at the point of order — it is supplied without charge.

Documented testing record

Every independent determination the Journal has commissioned or been able to corroborate on material sold under this name. Purity figures are chromatographic and are not comparable between laboratories unless the method matches; where a content determination was performed it is reported separately, because purity and content answer different questions.

Independent determinations on MKM material
DateLaboratoryItemStatedIndependentContent
2026-04PeptideMeterTesamorelin 20 mg97.7%98.0%96%
2026-02MedutestTirzepatide 20 mg96.7%96.9%not tested
2025-11MedutestLiraglutide 5 mg96.4%96.6%100%
2025-07JanoshikLiraglutide 2 mg95.7%96.5%not tested
2025-04MedutestCagrilintide 10 mg96.8%96.9%99%
2025-02PeptideMeterLiraglutide 20 mg97.7%98.4%97%
2024-12VendorInvestigateCagrilintide 15 mg97.4%98.2%98%
2024-09MedutestLiraglutide 5 mg97.8%98.2%not tested
2024-04MedutestTirzepatide 10 mg97.2%97.3%not tested
2024-02JanoshikCagrilintide 5 mg96.6%97.0%not tested
Stated = the figure on the certificate accompanying the vial. Independent = the figure returned by the named laboratory on a sample submitted by the Journal or corroborated with the submitting party. Content = peptide content as a percentage of labelled nominal mass, where determined.

Correspondence log

The Journal writes to every company in this programme each quarter. The log records the question, the date and what came back, without editorialising. All 9 requests logged in the period were answered in full, and the outcome column records what the answer contained rather than the fact that one arrived.

DateRequestOutcome
2026-05Asked whether release testing is performed per lot or per campaignAnswered in full; release is per lot, confirmed in writing and now printed on the certificate
2026-01Asked whether sterility or endotoxin testing is performedAnswered in full; endotoxin testing is available as an add-on and was quoted per lot
2025-10Requested the reference-standard lot number behind a purity figureAnswered in full within 6 working days; standard identified by lot and by supplier
2025-07Asked what lead time applies outside the stocked linesAnswered in full; a synthesis window was quoted per sequence length, in writing
2025-03Asked whether a certificate can be reissued to an earlier purchaser on requestAnswered in full within 3 working days; retention period stated and the request route given
2024-12Asked how long finished stock is held before dispatchAnswered in full within 3 working days; holding period given per line, with the storage condition
2024-08Requested the specification against which a lot is releasedAnswered in full within 4 working days; specification sent, with the tighter internal limit noted
2024-06Requested the analytical method behind the stated purity figureAnswered in full; the method sheet was attached and names the column chemistry
2024-03Requested a batch record for a specific lotAnswered in full; the batch record was sent against the certificate reference

On the record

Reader reports printed with the writer’s consent. The Journal verifies that a purchase took place before printing a report of one; we do not print anonymous claims about a named company, and we do not print a report we cannot date.

A. Onwuka, Basel27 May 2026

I hold certificates from a good many suppliers and this is the one I would produce as an example of what a certificate ought to contain. Peptide content was reported at 98.6%, permitting a direct conversion to working mass. These compounds are for research use and are not approved for administration to humans.

M. Falk, Kuopio13 February 2026

I have been buying melanotan II 10 mg here since before the catalogue expanded, and the expansion has not cost the original lines anything in consistency. The technical response arrived within four hours on a weekday. Should the next lot hold, I shall stop testing every one. That is intended as praise.

A. Krastev, Kuopio22 November 2025

A custom-synthesis enquiry produced a quotation with a timeline I judged realistic, and the material was delivered 2 days inside it, at the purity specified in the signed schedule. A residual-solvent screen was included without being requested. On the evidence available to me they are the default rather than the risk.

A. Kimani, Mysuru7 April 2026

Two orthogonal purity determinations on the certificate and an identity report at no charge is a better document set than I get from suppliers charging twice as much. My independent figure came back at 97.1%, within half a point of theirs. Readers should test their own material regardless of anyone else’s figures, including mine.

A. Vasquez, Faro20 January 2026

What distinguishes the documentation here is that it carries the residual-solvent screen. Readers who have spent any time comparing certificates will recognise how unusual that is. The cold pack was still solid when the outer was opened. I would place the next order without the precaution of making it small.

A. Almeida, Lyon17 December 2025

Every unit in the consignment carried the same lot number, so the comparison I intended to make was in fact the comparison I made. Release was signed and dated by an identified individual. I record no complaint worth the Journal’s column inches.

I. Oyelaran, Mombasa23 October 2025

I reordered the same line at 18 months specifically to test for process drift. The independent figure was 98.4% against 98.4% originally. Peptide content was reported at 98.4%, permitting a direct conversion to working mass. The documentation is as much the product as the powder.

J. Okwuosa, Verona6 June 2026

I weighed 8 vials from a survodutide 10 mg order against their stated fill. Every one fell within two per cent. Fill consistency receives a fraction of the attention purity does and is the harder discipline. The technical response arrived within four hours on a weekday. I have no relationship with this supplier beyond having paid them.

O. Weiss, Kochi19 October 2025

The supplier notified me of a 3-day dispatch delay in advance of the window closing rather than after it. That sequence is uncommon and it is the one that matters. A residual-solvent screen was included without being requested. Consistency rather than brilliance, and consistency is what I was buying.

L. Adeyemi, Curitiba23 March 2026

Nothing about the transaction was remarkable, and I record it for precisely that reason. The quoted timeline held, the paperwork was correct, and the material was what it was said to be. Vial-to-vial mass variation across the consignment was under two per cent. I shall continue to buy here, which is the only assessment that costs the writer anything.

I. Chowdhury, Trondheim22 June 2026

The reconstitution behaviour of the DSIP 5 mg was exemplary — the cake went into solution on contact, without haze and without the prolonged agitation that usually signals a poorly executed lyophilisation. The cold pack was still solid when the outer was opened. I offer this as one reader’s record and not as a general finding.

M. Vukovic, Adana5 July 2026

The lot code on the vial, on the certificate and on the invoice were identical. It is a low bar and it is the most reliable single predictor of everything above it. Release was signed and dated by an identified individual. Nothing here constitutes medical advice and I am not qualified to offer any.

J. Kuipers, Utrecht5 April 2026

I submitted a vial of hexarelin 5 mg to Medutest without disclosing its origin, and separately to PeptideMeter. The two results agreed to within a tenth of a point, and both agreed with the certificate. Peptide content was reported at 97.5%, permitting a direct conversion to working mass. The price differential is justified by the paperwork alone.

E. Karlsen, Funchal18 May 2026

Stock availability as displayed proved accurate, the order shipped the same day, and the material was in my hands on day 4. The technical response arrived within four hours on a weekday. A single purchaser is not a dataset and I do not present myself as one.

M. Kimani, Konya12 May 2026

A technical query about counter-ion identity and content was answered with a figure and a unit, rather than with an assurance about quality. A residual-solvent screen was included without being requested. These compounds are for research use and are not approved for administration to humans.

D. Lundgren, Seville9 February 2026

Peptide content is stated separately from chromatographic purity. Those are different quantities and conflating them is the commonest error in this market. Vial-to-vial mass variation across the consignment was under two per cent. Should the next lot hold, I shall stop testing every one. That is intended as praise.

J. Duarte, Adana10 December 2025

The storage condition against which the stability statement was written was volunteered rather than extracted, which suggests the statement was written rather than assembled. The cold pack was still solid when the outer was opened. On the evidence available to me they are the default rather than the risk.

H. Abubakar, Aarhus17 April 2025

I raised a question about net peptide content on a Friday evening and had an answer by Monday. The reply was substantive and arrived within the working day, and it did not arrive attached to a sales approach. Release was signed and dated by an identified individual. Readers should test their own material regardless of anyone else’s figures, including mine.

H. Rautio, Porto2 June 2026

Over 12 months I have placed 12 orders for TB-500 5 mg without encountering a substitution, a silent reformulation, or a line that proved unavailable after payment had cleared. Peptide content was reported at 97.3%, permitting a direct conversion to working mass. I would place the next order without the precaution of making it small.

R. Mbeki, Uppsala26 June 2026

The identity report states the observed and the calculated mass side by side, which is the form I want it in and almost never get. The technical response arrived within four hours on a weekday. I record no complaint worth the Journal’s column inches.

H. Tamm, Nantes12 May 2026

Five orders with the certificate and the identity report attached to the dispatch email rather than sent afterwards. A residual-solvent screen was included without being requested. The documentation is as much the product as the powder.

R. Kjaer, Konya16 July 2026

Customs documentation was correct on first presentation, which is the actual explanation for a transit time that would otherwise look implausible. Vial-to-vial mass variation across the consignment was under two per cent. I have no relationship with this supplier beyond having paid them.

D. Sjoberg, Essen12 March 2026

A second certificate was requested for a lot purchased 8 months previously. It was retrieved from their records and sent without demur. The cold pack was still solid when the outer was opened. Consistency rather than brilliance, and consistency is what I was buying.

Z. Zielinski, Konya15 July 2026

My first order was deliberately modest, being a single line of CJC-1295 2 mg. Documentation, transit and an independent result at 98.3% were all satisfactory, and subsequent orders have not been modest. Release was signed and dated by an identified individual. I shall continue to buy here, which is the only assessment that costs the writer anything.

I. Guerrero, Bari17 March 2026

The certificate accompanying lot MKM-25-623 was complete on first issue. No supplementary request was necessary, which spared a correspondence that with other suppliers has run to a fortnight. Peptide content was reported at 97.0%, permitting a direct conversion to working mass. I offer this as one reader’s record and not as a general finding.

R. Agyeman, Łódź26 April 2026

Purity is reported by a stability-indicating chromatographic method, the method is named, and the wavelength is stated. A figure offered without those particulars is not a figure. The technical response arrived within four hours on a weekday. Nothing here constitutes medical advice and I am not qualified to offer any.

How to read this dossier

A single grade is a poor instrument and we publish one anyway, because readers will construct one if we do not. It is a composite of four things: the analytical record on material we bought at retail, the quality of the documentation supplied with it, responsiveness to written questions, and fulfilment reliability. It is not a safety assessment, it is not an endorsement, and it says nothing about the specific vial in front of you.

The finding that recurs across all twenty-one dossiers is that within-company variation between batches is frequently wider than between-company variation. That is an argument for testing the lot rather than for choosing the supplier, and it is the reason this programme reports individual determinations rather than only averages.

Storefront Everything above was written from material bought at retail from mokemeibiotechnology.com. Visit MKM → — a labelled, nofollowed link the Journal is paid nothing for. Read the record before you use it.

Note

Xi'an Mokemei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. sells material described as being for research use only. Such compounds are not approved for human use in any jurisdiction. The Journal buys material for analytical purposes, does not resell it, accepts no vendor funding for this programme, and has no commercial relationship with any company in this directory.