Side-by-side comparison

5-Amino-1MQ vs MOTS-c — Price & Profile Comparison

5-Amino-1MQ

Metabolic Small Molecule

Lipolysis / metabolic research

vs

MOTS-c

Metabolic Peptide

Mitochondrial research

5-Amino-1MQ
MOTS-c
Cheapest price
$8.00 /10mg
$15.74 /10mg
Vendors stocking
24
55
Regulatory status
Not FDA-approved
Not FDA-approved
Mol. weight
159.21 g/mol (cation) / 286.11 g/mol (iodide salt)
2,174.6 g/mol

The short answer

5-Amino-1MQ vs MOTS-c: which to choose

5-Amino-1MQ is the cheaper option — roughly $8 vs $16 for the lowest verified listing. MOTS-c is the more widely stocked of the two (55 vendors vs 24). They target different goals — 5-Amino-1MQ is a metabolic small molecule compound while MOTS-c is a metabolic peptide one — so they're often complementary rather than direct substitutes.

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Price Comparison — 2026

5-Amino-1MQ

VendorPrice
Amino Club$8.00 /10mgBuy →
Hydro Research$8.50 /10mgBuy →
Everest Peptides$11.20 /10mgBuy →
Puratek Peptides$11.69 /10mgBuy →
Peptide Giants$11.88 /10mgBuy →
SomaChems$12.80 /10mgBuy →

MOTS-c

VendorPrice
Puratek Peptides$15.74 /10mgBuy →
ZC Labs$16.00 /10mgBuy →
NextGen Peptides$18.00 /10mgBuy →
Everest Peptides$22.40 /10mgBuy →
Axon Chems$22.50 /10mgBuy →

Vendors Carrying Both

24 vendors stock both 5-Amino-1MQ and MOTS-c — convenient if you want to bundle an order.

Puratek Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $11.69MOTS-c: $15.74Visit →
Everest Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $11.20MOTS-c: $22.40Visit →
Axon Chems5-Amino-1MQ: $36.00MOTS-c: $22.50Visit →
Offline Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $17.00MOTS-c: $23.00Visit →
Evo Labs Research5-Amino-1MQ: $101.98MOTS-c: $23.37Visit →
CertaPeptides5-Amino-1MQ: $19.68MOTS-c: $26.53Visit →
Purgo Labs5-Amino-1MQ: $17.00MOTS-c: $26.56Visit →
Hydro Research5-Amino-1MQ: $8.50MOTS-c: $29.75Visit →
Amino Science Labs5-Amino-1MQ: $33.59MOTS-c: $30.00Visit →
Ascension Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $37.50MOTS-c: $30.00Visit →
NeuroLabs5-Amino-1MQ: $53.91MOTS-c: $31.50Visit →
Amino Club5-Amino-1MQ: $8.00MOTS-c: $31.99Visit →
Peptide Giants5-Amino-1MQ: $11.88MOTS-c: $33.41Visit →
Chameleon Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $72.00MOTS-c: $33.52Visit →
Noble Sciences5-Amino-1MQ: $35.10MOTS-c: $35.10Visit →
Glacier Aminos5-Amino-1MQ: $18.00MOTS-c: $36.00Visit →
Premier Research5-Amino-1MQ: $25.00MOTS-c: $37.50Visit →
Apex Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $22.00MOTS-c: $40.00Visit →
Optimum Formula5-Amino-1MQ: $62.98MOTS-c: $40.49Visit →
Midwest Peptide5-Amino-1MQ: $22.50MOTS-c: $40.49Visit →
Licensed Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $37.80MOTS-c: $42.50Visit →
SomaChems5-Amino-1MQ: $12.80MOTS-c: $43.99Visit →
PeakForm Peptides5-Amino-1MQ: $13.00MOTS-c: $60.00Visit →
SKO Compounds5-Amino-1MQ: $109.98MOTS-c: $79.99Visit →

Safety Notes

5-Amino-1MQ

FDA: Not FDA-approved

Experimental NNMT inhibitor; animal data favorable; no major safety signals identified; WADA banned

MOTS-c

FDA: Not FDA-approved

Endogenous mitochondrial peptide; human study showed safety in metabolic syndrome; promising early data

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