The available scientific literature describes oxytocin, a synthetic cyclic nonapeptide, chiefly through its molecular features, its receptor-binding properties, the interactions it forms with the receptor and the molecular signalling mechanisms involved. Research of this kind concerns peptides, molecules and receptors.
Laboratory work has extended to peptide chemistry, receptor affinity, structure–activity relationships, peptide stability, physicochemical properties, molecular interactions, sequence-dependent molecular behaviour and analytical identification, each pursued under controlled experimental conditions.
