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Study · Not a test of the peptide alone · 2005

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Oxytocin is not a valid biomarker when measured in saliva by immunoassay.

Horvat-Gordon M, Granger DA, Schwartz EB, Nelson VJ, Kivlighan KT

Physiology & behavior1 Mar 2005Cited by 75 (Europe PMC)

PMID15763582 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.01.007 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-15763582
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Summary

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Results from this study2

No result from this study comes from a test of the peptide.

Studies that did not test the peptide alone2

In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. These results are not evidence about taking Oxytocin.

  1. 01LabNot a test of Oxytocin aloneOther designOther

    A series of experiments concluded that saliva does not contain oxytocin in measurable amounts and that salivary oxytocin is not a valid biomarker with current immunological methods.

    In plain wordsIn lab tests, saliva did not hold measurable oxytocin, so current antibody tests do not give a valid saliva oxytocin measure.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeOxytocin measurable in saliva
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Salivary oxytocin immunoassay experiments
    Outcome group
    Analytical methods and detection · Pharmacology

    Source sentences

    Summary
    A series of experiments leads to the conclusion that saliva does not contain oxytocin in measurable amounts, and that OT is not a valid salivary biomarker when measured by currently available immunological methods.

    In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Oxytocin.

  2. 02LabNot a test of Oxytocin aloneOther designOther

    Levels of immunoreactive oxytocin in saliva were primarily due to non-specific interference with antibody-antigen binding.

    In plain wordsIn lab tests, the oxytocin signal in saliva came mainly from non-specific interference with the antibody test.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    Not applicableSource of immunoreactive oxytocin signal in saliva
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Salivary oxytocin immunoassay experiments
    Outcome group
    Analytical methods and detection · Pharmacology

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Levels of immuno-reactive OT in saliva are primarily due to non-specific interference with antibody-antigen binding.

    In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Oxytocin.

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 20:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:51 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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