“…So, small peptides can be generally detected by UV-detection of their peptide bond(s) within the range from 205-230 nm (Koller & Eckert, 1997). However, peptides such as the tri-peptides IPP and VPP are difficult to detect, because the amount of UV light absorbed is directly related to the number of peptide bonds (Becklin & Desiderio, 1995) and, the mass spectrometric identification of native di-and tri-peptides is also challenging (Schmelzer, Schöps, Ulbrich-Hofmann, Neubert, & Raith, 2004). The situation for the detection of peptides can be improved when derivatisation procedures are taken into account (Careri & Mangia, 2003).…”