Why a high peak percentage need not tell you the amount of material present.
Different questions
Chromatographic purity asks how much of the detected signal is attributed to one component under a stated method. Content asks how much of a specified substance is present in a sample or container. Water, counterions and other constituents can affect mass-based quantities without appearing as equivalent peaks in a peptide chromatogram.
Value assignment needs more
A study of synthetic human C-peptide compared methods for assigning purity mass fraction and identifying related impurities. It shows the need to state the measurand and method before comparing numbers. A label's milligram claim should be supported by a suitable quantitative test on the relevant batch and format.
Do not convert an HPLC area percentage into milligrams of peptide without an appropriate quantitative method.
Sources
Read the original studies or guidance for methods, populations and limitations.
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