Table 1.
Incorporation of steroids into tissues of Xenopus
| Steroids | Progesterone | Estradiol | ||||
| Added 3H-steroid (dpm/g) | 477,700 ± 8,190 | 293,600 ± 39,240 | ||||
| Dissolved in 0.1 M NaCl (dpm/g) | 3,943 ± 438 | 3,777 ± 681 | ||||
| Estimated concentration (μM) | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | ||||
| Tissues | Blood | Ovary | Muscle | Blood | Ovary | Muscle |
| Incorporation into tissues (dpm/g) | 17,180 ± 557 | 38,380 ± 5,252 | 14,920 ± 1,670 | 4,671 ± 365 | 4,280 ± 1,080 | 2,236 ± 328 |
| Estimated concentration (μM) | 0.72 ± 0.02 | 1.61 ± 0.22 | 0.62 ± 0.07 | 0.16 ± 0.01 | 0.15 ± 0.04 | 0.08 ± 0.01 |
Each value in the mean (± S.D.) of three separate experiments using samples of three separate bottles or females