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. 2016 Sep 7;6:32637. doi: 10.1038/srep32637

Table 3. Inter- and intra-day reproducibility of the detection using urine sampled spiked with a 2 ng·mL−1 clenbuterol.

Analysisa Measurements Amount detectedb (ng·mL−1) Average SERS peak intensityI1474a (counts) RSDb (%) Overall RSDc (%)
Intra-day Day 1 1.89 ± 0.09 88.31 4.7 2.89
Day 1 1.95 ± 0.08 92.38 4.0  
Day 1 1.97 ± 0.12 93.24 6.0  
Day 1 2.02 ± 0.20 94.09 9.4  
Day 1 1.94 ± 0.10 91.27 4.7  
Inter-day Day 1 1.92 ± 0.10 90.10 5.2 6.41
Day 2 1.88 ± 0.09 88.01 4.6  
Day 3 1.90 ± 0.07 89.90 3.6  
Day 4 1.81 ± 0.07 78.04 3.7  
Day 5 2.09 ± 0.15 95.20 7.1  

aAverage of three determinations for each measurement.

bRelative standard deviation (RSD (%) = (SD/mean) × 100) of individual measurements or days.

cRSD % of inter- and intraday measurements.