Table 1:
Actual hormone concentrations (in nanograms per millilitre ± SD) in experimental treatment solutions (control, adult male, pregnant female and adrenal glucocorticoid response profiles) prepared as low (~0.1 ng/ml; light shade), medium (~1 ng/ml; medium shade) and high concentrations (~10 ng/ml; dark shade) of various hormones [testosterone (T), progesterone (P4), estradiol (E2), cortisol (F), aldosterone (ALD) and triiodothyronine (T3)]
| Hormone concentration (ng/ml) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment solution | T | P4 | E2 | F | ALD | T3 |
| Control | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| Adult male | 11.5 ± 0.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 8.2 ± 0.7 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.8 ± 0.1 |
| Pregnant female | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 8.5 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.6 ± 0.1 |
| Adrenal glucocorticoid response | 0.3 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.7 ± 0.0 | 8.4 ± 0.6 | 11.1 ± 1.5 | 0.7 ± 0.1 |
| Assay limit of detection | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.07 |