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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2012 May 15;14(4):347–356. doi: 10.1177/1099800412443892

Table 3.

Means (standard deviations) for DNA concentration and quality obtained from different sample volumes of whole saliva.

Sample Volume

Measure .10 ml .25 ml .50 ml 1.0 ml
DNA concentration (ng/μl) 28.25 (15.36) 68.00 (39.66) 116.90 (55.19) 239.78 (144.27)
DNA quality (260/280 nm) 1.78 (.10) 1.75 (.10) 1.74 (.14) 1.79 (.11)
DNA total amount (μg) 1.43 (.77) 3.40 (1.98) 6.24 (3.38) 11.99 (5.71)

Note. DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid.

Source: Nemoda et al., 2011