Table 1.

A Summary of GC studies using koala scats.

Metabolite	Type of Study	Assay	Reference
Cortisol	V—ACTH, Captive	EIA	[65]
Cortisol	A—Habitat (Aridity) (Semi-arid Zone), Wild	EIA	[66]
Cortisol	V—ACTH, A—Captive V Wild, Handling	EIA	[67]
Cortisol, CS	V—ACTH	EIA	[68]
Cortisol, CS, 72a, 37e	V—ACTH, Captive	EIA	[64]
Cortisol	A—Zoo visitor, Captive	EIA	[69]
Cortisol	A—Habitat clearing, Wild	EIA	[70]
Cortisol	A—Disease, Trauma, Hospital, Bushfire, Wild	EIA	[71]
Cortisol	A—Disease, Trauma, Hospital, Bushfire, Wild	EIA	[72]
Cortisol, 37e, 50c	V—Hydrocortisone, Captive	LCMS, EIA	[73]
Cortisol, 37e, 50c	V—Time decay, Water loss, Captive	EIA	[74]
Cortisol, 37e, 50c	A—Seasonality, Captive	EIA	[75]
Cortisol	A—Hospitalised, Rehabilitation	EIA	[76]
Cortisol	A—Translocation, Wild	EIA	[77]
Cortisol	A—Wild, Influence of cultural burns	EIA	[78]
Cortisol, 50c	A—Hospitalised	EIA	[79]

Key: A—Application, CS—corticosterone, EIA—Enzyme Immunoassay, LCMS—liquid chromatography mass spectrophotometry, ACTH—Adrenocorticotropic hormone, V—validation, 37e—5a-pregnane-3B,11B,21-triol-20-one, 50c—Tetrahydrocorticosterone, 72a—11-Oxoaetiocholanolone-3-HS.