Table 2.

Linearity, detection and quantitation limits determined for the proposed MEKC method for steroid hormones.

Compound	Intercept (±SD)	Slope (±SD)	r2	LOD [ng mL−1]	LOQ [ng mL−1]
Cortisone	0.0025 (7.1 × 10−6)	0.0417 (0.0029)	0.9999	1.5	5
Cortisol	0.0035 (2.2 × 10−5)	0.0163 (0.0091)	0.9999	1.5	5
Corticosterone	0.0024 (2.0 × 10−5)	0.0961 (0.008)	0.9996	1.5	5
Testosterone	0.0029 (1.9 × 10−5)	0.079 (0.0078)	0.9997	1.5	5
17α-Methyltestosterone	0.0029 (1.6 × 10−5)	0.0617 (0.0066)	0.9998	1.5	5
Epitestosterone	0.004 (3.1 × 10−5)	−0.0008 (0.0125)	0.9996	1.5	5
Progesterone	0.0021 (2.4 × 10−5)	0.0056(0.0113)	0.9995	7	25