. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 15.

Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2008 Jan 18;863(1):141–149. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2008.01.018

Table 2.

Calibration data of the examined compounds, 9 concentrations (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 ng/μL), n = 3

Compound	Linearity	r	LOD (ng/μL)	LOQ (ng/μL)
BaP-7,8,9,10-tetrol	y=0.450975x-0.10325^*	0.977	0.08	0.6
BaP-9,10-dihydrodiol	y=2.45477x-0.353215	0.988	<0.01	0.04
BaP-7,8-dihydrodiol	y=2.35149x-0.371544	0.991	<0.01	0.04
BaP-1,6-dione	y=1.95707x-0.0972766	0.995	<0.01	0.04
BaP-3,6-dione	y=6.344325x-1.52853	0.969	<0.01	0.02
BaP-6,12-dione	y=4.23934x-0.822734	0.982	<0.01	0.02
9-hydroxy BaP	y=1.49807x-0.218547	0.993	<0.01	0.02
3-hydroxy BaP	y=1.45174x-0.142785	0.998	<0.01	0.04
BaP	y=1.79128x-0.298198	0.991	<0.01	<0.01

: The linear range of BaP tetrol was 0.6–5.0 ng/μL