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AOD-9604 5 mg lyophilized peptide vial with green flip-off cap and white label

AOD 9604 Australia: Buy AOD 9604 Peptide Online

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Buy AOD 9604 peptide in Australia from local stock as a 5 mg ($59) or 10 mg ($99) lyophilised vial, one of the best-known compounds in our metabolic peptides range. This 16 amino acid analogue reproduces the C-terminal end of human growth hormone, with a tyrosine leading residues 177 to 191 and a disulfide bridge closing a small loop. Match the lot against its identity data, C78H123N23O23S2, 1815.1 g/mol and CAS 221231-10-3. Shop with the report in hand, because every lot is tested for identity by mass spectrometry and for purity by HPLC, and the certificate of analysis opens before you pay. The compound was first made at Monash University in Melbourne. Order 5-Amino-1MQ in the same cart when your lab also studies fat cell metabolism by an enzymatic route. The vial arrives as powder without diluent, so add bacteriostatic water or 0.6% acetic acid. Store the unopened AOD-9604 vial at -20 °C, dry and dark. Sold as a laboratory reagent to buyers aged 18 and over, strictly for in vitro research.

For laboratory research use only. Not for human or veterinary use. Not TGA approved. See our research use policy.

AOD 9604 Peptide Australia Lot Data for the 5 mg and 10 mg Vials

NameAOD-9604
Sizes and prices5 mg vial, $59 AUD, and 10 mg vial, $99 AUD
Sequence or structureTyr-Leu-Arg-Ile-Val-Gln-Cys-Arg-Ser-Val-Glu-Gly-Ser-Cys-Gly-Phe with a disulfide bridge between the two cysteines
Length16 amino acids
Molecular formulaC78H123N23O23S2
Molar mass1815.1 g/mol
CAS number221231-10-3
FormLyophilised AOD-9604 powder in a sealed glass vial
TestingMass spectrometry for identity and HPLC for purity, with a certificate of analysis per lot
ContentsOne vial of lyophilised AOD-9604 at 5 mg or 10 mg, diluent sold separately
StorageSealed vial at -20 °C, dry and dark, and 2 to 8 °C once in solution
AvailabilityIn stock
UseIn vitro laboratory research only

Order AOD-9604 to study the C-terminal region of growth hormone apart from the full 191-residue molecule. Two fills are in stock, every lot is HPLC tested, and each certificate names AOD-9604 specifically.

What Is AOD 9604?

AOD 9604 is a short synthetic peptide copied from the very end of the human growth hormone molecule, made to test whether that small piece could influence fat metabolism without the growth-promoting activity of the whole hormone. The name stands for anti-obesity drug, a label from its development days rather than a description of any proven effect.

Growth hormone does two quite different things. Through the GH receptor and the IGF-1 it triggers in the liver, it drives tissue growth and raises blood glucose. Separately, it encourages fat cells to break down stored triglyceride (lipolysis) and discourages them from making more (lipogenesis). The idea behind the AOD 9604 peptide was that these jobs might sit in different parts of the 191-residue chain, and that the C-terminal stretch could carry the fat-related signal alone.

What the mouse and human studies found

The best-known animal work is a 2001 paper by Heffernan and colleagues in Endocrinology. Over 14 days in obese mice, both the full hormone and the fragment reduced body weight and body fat, and both raised expression of the beta-3 adrenergic receptor, the main lipolytic receptor on fat cells. In mice bred without that receptor, the weight and lipolysis changes did not appear, yet the authors concluded the fragment was not acting on it directly. A companion study from the same group reported that the fragment did not compete for the growth hormone receptor and did not drive cell proliferation the way the hormone did.

Human trials took an unusual route for a peptide: tablets. The 24-week Options study, registered as ACTRN12605000067673, compared daily oral doses of 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg with placebo, and published summaries report no statistically significant weight difference between groups. Whether a peptide this size survives the gut intact is a fair question, and it hangs over that result. These are research findings only, reported neutrally, and say nothing about use of this vial.

The most common misunderstanding we see is treating AOD-9604 as a miniature growth hormone. It is not. If the fragment does not engage the GH receptor, then GH receptor readouts such as STAT5 phosphorylation are the wrong assay and will mostly return a flat line. For in vitro work, a lipolysis readout makes more sense, for example glycerol release from differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes, run with full-length growth hormone as a positive control and a scrambled or vehicle arm beside it. That design actually tests the hypothesis the fragment was built around.

Buy AOD-9604 Online, a Growth Hormone Fragment Born in Melbourne

Shop a research compound with an unusually local history. Professor Frank Ng and colleagues at Monash University created it in the 1990s, after work suggesting that the tail end of growth hormone carried the hormone's effects on fat metabolism while the rest of the molecule drove growth. The Melbourne company Metabolic Pharmaceuticals then took it into development, including human trials in the 2000s, but it was never registered as a medicine and remains a research compound.

For a laboratory, the AOD 9604 peptide isolates one question, namely what this C-terminal segment does in adipose tissue models without the IGF-1 stimulation the full hormone produces. It sits in our metabolic peptides category as a reagent for bench work only.

Preclinical papers have looked at three areas. Lipolysis is the release of stored fat from adipocytes, lipogenesis is the building of new fat, and the third question is whether the fragment leaves IGF-1 levels unchanged, as its designers intended. That last point is what made AOD-9604 interesting, because it separates a metabolic signal from the growth signal of the parent hormone in a way the full molecule cannot.

AOD 9604 Australia: From a Melbourne Drug Programme to Research Stock

Each vial, 5 mg or 10 mg, carries a green flip-off cap and a white label over a small white cake of lyophilised AOD-9604. At 1815.1 g/mol the peptide is light, so a milligram of it contains about 2.6 times as many molecules as a milligram of tirzepatide at 4813.5 g/mol, a point worth remembering when a protocol compares the two on a molar basis.

The local story did not end at Monash. Metabolic Pharmaceuticals took the compound through clinical trials in the 2000s and stopped its obesity trials in 2007, reporting that they had not produced a clinically meaningful weight outcome. The compound was never approved by the TGA or any other health authority as a pharmaceutical, and we found nothing showing that has changed as of October 2026, so no registered medicine in Australia contains it.

Is AOD 9604 Legal in Australia, and Where Does It Sit in Sport?

AOD-9604 became widely known in 2013, when it featured in the Essendon supplements investigation. In a statement dated 22 April 2013, the World Anti-Doping Agency advised that AOD-9604 falls under S0, the non-approved substances category of its Prohibited List, which covers compounds still in development or discontinued and bans them at all times. Sport Integrity Australia, which replaced ASADA in 2020, applies the same WADA list, so the compound remains prohibited at all times for athletes bound by the code.

For laboratories, AOD-9604 for sale in Australia is a research reagent rather than a medicine. AminoBlend holds both fills in Australian stock, available to order online by adults 18 and over, strictly for in vitro work and never for human or veterinary use. If you want to buy AOD 9604 in Australia alongside a compound that reaches fat cell metabolism without any growth hormone link, the NNMT inhibitor 5-Amino-1MQ is the usual partner.

Shop AOD 9604 Peptide for Sale in 5 mg or 10 mg With Lot Tracking

Buy the 5 mg vial at $59, or $11.80 per milligram, for method development, first orders and multi-compound designs that need only a little of each. The 10 mg vial at $99 brings the cost to $9.90 per milligram, halves the number of reconstitutions and keeps more of a programme on one lot.

Order several vials for a longer series in one checkout and ask for one lot wherever stock allows, so the whole run shares a single certificate. The store sells to adults 18 and over only.

The fragment is short and stable once dry, so labs often keep a frozen reserve from the same lot beside their working vial. A repeat experiment months later then runs on material with an identical certificate, and no difference in results can be traced to a change of batch.

Order AOD-9604 Australia Stock With Structure, Purity and Lot Certificate

The 16-residue chain opens with tyrosine, followed by the sequence of growth hormone residues 177 to 191. Cysteines at positions 7 and 14 form a disulfide bridge that closes a small loop, holds the fragment in a defined shape and helps it resist breakdown. At just over 1.8 kDa it is a fraction of the size of the 22 kDa parent hormone.

Names get swapped in this market, so knowing how to read a COA matters. Confirm that it reads AOD-9604, that the measured mass sits near 1815.1 g/mol and that the lot code matches your label. HPLC purity appears on each lot's report in the COA library.

Buy AOD 9604 Australia-Wide With AOD-9604 Reconstitution Notes

AminoBlend runs as an online store only, shipping to every corner of the country from Australian stock, so Melbourne, rural postcodes and labs ordering peptides in Townsville all draw on the same shelf. Pay before 3pm on a business day for same-day dispatch, with the details on the delivery information page.

No diluent comes in the box. Most labs use bacteriostatic water, while some prefer 0.6% acetic acid for a cake that dissolves slowly. For AOD-9604 reconstitution, let the vial reach room temperature, run the liquid down the glass and swirl gently. Two mL in the 5 mg vial gives 2.5 mg/mL, and the peptide calculator works out any other combination.

Store the sealed vial frozen at -20 °C. After mixing, keep the solution at 2 to 8 °C, away from light, in aliquots that are thawed once and never refrozen.

Other Names for AOD-9604

Labels show AOD-9604, AOD9604 or AOD 9604, and the literature also writes Tyr-hGH(177-191) or describes it as a modified hGH fragment. Each of these names refers to the 16-residue chain with CAS 221231-10-3.

HGH fragment 176-191 is a related but separately listed product, and the two names are often used loosely. In receptor terms, the parent hormone is somatotropin, and its growth effects run largely through IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1.

Shop AOD-9604 or 5-Amino-1MQ for Your Study

Both reach fat cell metabolism by very different routes. AOD-9604 is a peptide fragment of growth hormone studied for lipolysis and lipogenesis in adipose models, while 5-Amino-1MQ is a small molecule that inhibits the NNMT enzyme. Order AOD-9604 when the growth hormone axis is the subject, 5-Amino-1MQ when the question is enzymatic, and both to compare the two. For a mitochondrial angle, MOTS-c acts through AMPK and complements an AOD-9604 series well.

AOD-9604 at a Glance Before You Buy

A modified growth hormone fragment

A 16 amino acid chain matching the C-terminal end of growth hormone, closed by a disulfide bridge and first made at Monash University.

Buy the 5 mg or 10 mg fill

$59 for 5 mg or $99 for 10 mg as lyophilised powder. Order bacteriostatic water or 0.6% acetic acid with it.

Lab models only

Lipolysis and lipogenesis in adipose models, apart from the growth effects of the full hormone, in vitro only.

Paired with 5-Amino-1MQ

A peptide fragment of a hormone beside a small-molecule enzyme inhibitor, two routes into fat cell metabolism.

Keep it frozen

Freeze the sealed vial at -20 °C and refrigerate the solution in single-use aliquots.

Named on the certificate

Mass spectrometry and HPLC on every lot, with a report that names AOD-9604 specifically.

AOD-9604 FAQ

How do I buy AOD-9604 online in Australia?

Pick the 5 mg vial at $59 or the 10 mg vial at $99 and add it to your cart. Orders paid before 3pm on a business day ship that day from Australian stock with tracking. Include bacteriostatic water or 0.6% acetic acid, because the vial is supplied as powder only.

Where can I order AOD 9604 peptide near me?

Order it from our online store, which ships from local stock to any address in Australia. We do not run a retail counter, so a lab in a capital city and one in a country town receive the same lot-tracked stock, a published certificate and the same dispatch times.

Does AOD-9604 come with a certificate of analysis?

Yes. Each lot is tested by mass spectrometry for identity and by HPLC for purity before it is sold. The certificate names AOD-9604, lists the measured mass and is filed in our COA library under the lot code on your vial label.

Is AOD-9604 the same as HGH fragment 176-191?

They are closely related but sold under separate names. AOD-9604 is the version developed and studied at Monash University as Tyr-hGH(177-191). Because suppliers mix the names, check that both your label and its certificate read AOD-9604 before starting any work with the vial.

Which liquid suits AOD-9604 reconstitution?

Most labs use bacteriostatic water, and some prefer 0.6% acetic acid when the cake dissolves slowly. Bring the vial to room temperature, let the liquid run down the glass and swirl rather than shake. Two mL in the 5 mg vial makes 2.5 mg/mL, and the calculator handles other volumes.

Should I choose AOD-9604 or 5-Amino-1MQ?

Choose AOD-9604 when your study focuses on the growth hormone axis and its fat metabolism segment. Choose 5-Amino-1MQ when the target is the NNMT enzyme. Buying both lets you compare a peptide route and a small-molecule route within one design and one delivery.

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