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. 2011 Feb 14;400(1):295–303. doi: 10.1007/s00216-011-4738-4

Table 1.

Compounds observed with CE-TOF-MS in heat-exposed oxytocin solutions of various pH

m/z (charge) Compound Relative peak area (%)
pH 2.0 pH 4.5 pH 7.0 pH 9.0
975.40 (2+) Oxytocin “dimer” ND 2.4 14.5 9.7
1007.43 (1+) Oxytocin 60.6 90.6 75.8 80.3
1008.41 (1+) Deamidated oxytocin 31.4 1.4 1.1 2.8
1009.39 (1+) Bisdeamidated oxytocin 8.0 ND ND ND
1039.37 (1+) “Trisulfide” oxytocin ND 4.8 7.0 5.7
1071.34 (1+) “Tetrasulfide” oxytocin ND 0.9 1.7 1.4

ND not detected