MOTS-c 10 mg
Educational recon guide for a 10 mg MOTS-c research vial and multi-mg intermittent unit mapping. Research use only — mitochondrial-derived peptide.
Vial size
Same research phases — calculator defaults and unit math match the selected vial strength.
Vial
10 mg
Your BAC water
2 mL
Concentration
5.00 mg/mL
Per unit
~50.0 mcg
Frequency
Intermittent multi-mg injections (e.g. every few days) or short multi-week courses in secondary write-ups
Route
Subcutaneous
Live reconstitution calculator
Defaults match this guide (10 mg + 2 mL BAC). Change water or dose and the unit tables below update automatically.
Step 1
Reconstitution
Peptide amount in the vial and how much bacteriostatic water you add.
Step 2
Your dose
Quick-select common research doses (includes 2.5 / 7.5 for dual-agonist ladders) or type any mg / mcg value.
Quick select (mg) — switch units or type any value
Suggested: 50-unit barrel (smallest that fits this draw).
Your draw
Results
Total draw
50 units
Volume
0.500 mL
Doses per vial
4
Syringes needed
1
Barrel
50-unit
Fits one syringe?
Yes
50-unit · 0.5 mL
Filled to 50 u
Fill one 50-unit U-100 syringe to about 50 units (0.500 mL).
Research cycle phases
Units and volumes recompute from your Step 1 concentration (2 mL BAC → 5.00 mg/mL · 50.0 mcg/unit). Doses below are once daily during the course — not weekly.
Standard course
No large validated human therapeutic label. Secondary educational protocols often discuss multi-milligram amounts (commonly around ~5 mg per injection on intermittent schedules, sometimes 2.5–10 mg class ranges) for short cycles, then time off. Preclinical metabolic work is the main evidence base.
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse · 2.5 mg | 2.50 mg2,500 mcg | 50 u | 0.50 mLLower multi-mg educational pulse |
| Pulse · 5 mg | 5 mg5,000 mcg | 100 u | 1.00 mLCommon secondary educational pulse amount |
Alternate / higher courses
Shorter or higher daily courses discussed in research communities — not a clinical recommendation
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher educational · 10 mg pulse | 10 mg10,000 mcg | 200 u | 2.00 mLUpper multi-mg educational amount — vial-size limited on 10 mg stock |
Supplies planner
Using the guide’s phase ladder (2.5 mg → 5 mg per injection (phase ladder)) over a 2-day course. Set a dose in Step 2 to plan supplies at your own amount.
Your recon
2 mL · 5.00 mg/mL
Dose in plan
Phase ladder
Syringe size
100-unit
Horizon
2-day course
MOTS-c 10 mg vials
1 vial
~7.5 mg mg total peptide over this 2-day course at 2.5 mg → 5 mg per injection (phase ladder). Each vial holds 10 mg.
Bacteriostatic water
1 × 3 mL bottle
2 mL BAC per vial × 1 vial = 2.0 mL total. Buy as 1× 3 mL bottle or 1× 10 mL bottle (whichever you stock).
U-100 insulin syringes (100-unit)
2+ syringes
About one 100-unit syringe per injection for this schedule. Keep a few spares.
Alcohol swabs & sharps
~6 swabs · 1 sharps container
Wipe vial stopper and injection site each time. Dispose needles in a proper sharps container.
Reconstitution steps
- Allow the lyophilized 10 mg MOTS-c vial and bacteriostatic water to reach room temperature.
- Draw 2.0 mL bacteriostatic water (default for this guide).
- Inject BAC slowly down the inner wall of the vial — avoid blasting the powder cake.
- Gently swirl or roll until the solution is clear. Do not shake hard (foaming).
- Label with recon date and concentration (e.g. "5.0 mg/mL — 2 mL BAC").
- Refrigerate at 2–8 °C (35–46 °F), protected from light. Prefer using a reconstituted multi-dose vial within ~28 days with sterile technique.
Storage
Lyophilized
Keep dry powder cold and dark when possible (−20 °C / −4 °F preferred for long-term research stock).
Reconstituted
Refrigerate at 2–8 °C (35–46 °F). Avoid freeze–thaw of the working solution. Prefer finishing within ~28 days.
- ·Write recon date and BAC volume on the label.
- ·Protect from light during storage.
- ·Discard if cloudy, particulates, or odd odor appear after reconstitution.
Protocol notes
- ·Mitochondrial open reading frame peptide studied for metabolic stress responses.
- ·Human dose not established like approved metabolic drugs.
- ·Research use only.
Research context & considerations
MOTS-c is a mitochondrial-derived peptide with extensive preclinical metabolic literature. Research vials are not approved medicines.
- ·Unknown long-term human safety at multi-mg intermittent exposures.
- ·Not FDA-approved.
- ·Pregnancy out of scope.
Catalog match
MOTS-c (Human) (MS10)
10mg x 10 vials · from $30