Table 2.

Analysis of steroid hormones in stranded code-1 Tursiops truncatus (animal SC1426) blubber using two liquid chromatography separation techniques

Analyte	Biphenyl (n = 3)					C18 (n = 3)
	LOD (ng/g)	LOQ (ng/g)	Mean (ng/g)	Stdev	RSD (%)	LOD (ng/g)	LOQ (ng/g)	Mean (ng/g)	Stdev	RSD (%)
11-Deoxycortisol	0.181	0.240	0.924	0.134	14.5	0.074	0.240	0.621	0.103	16.6
17-OH-Progesterone	0.0580	0.237	1.42	0.14	10.2	0.221	0.839	1.38	0.25	18.4
Androstenedione	0.0667	0.238	2.00	0.23	11.5	0.216	0.464	1.96	0.22	11.2
Corticosterone	0.128	0.252	1.40	0.16	11.5	0.0496	0.488	1.25	0.06	4.98
Cortisol	0.357	0.400	14.1	2.00	14.4	0.263	0.400	10.2	0.60	5.84
Cortisone	0.339	0.821	9.08	0.41	4.60	0.140	0.821	5.82	0.10	1.67
Progesterone	0.132	0.247	1.96	0.20	9.90	0.229	0.398	1.82	0.32	17.9
Testosterone	0.0735	0.236	2.74	0.16	5.80	NQ	0.838	2.31	0.94	40.8

NQ: Not quantifiable