Table 2.
Ragweed extract data from HollisterStier and Stallergenes Greer
| RAGWEED | Corresponding PNU/mL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HollisterStier (n = 16) | Stallergenes Greer (n = 5) | |||
| Wt/volume (1:100) | Wt/volume (1:200) | Wt/volume (1:100) | Wt/volume (1:200) | |
| A | ||||
| Lowest value | 14,800.00 | 7400.00 | 15,000.00 | 7500.00 |
| Highest value | 23,500.00 | 11,750.00 | 18,000.00 | 9000.00 |
| Mean | 17,443.75 | 8721.88 | 16,360.00 | 8180.00 |
| St. deviation | 2593.98 | 1296.99 | 1209.30 | 604.65 |
| RAGWEED | Corresponding diluent (mL) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HollisterStier (n = 16) | Stallergenes Greer (n = 5) | |||||||||
| PNU (1000) | PNU (2000) | PNU (3000) | PNU (4000) | PNU (5000) | PNU (1000) | PNU (2000) | PNU (3000) | PNU (4000) | PNU (5000) | |
| B | ||||||||||
| Lowest value | 1480.00 | 740.00 | 493.33 | 370.00 | 296.00 | 1500.00 | 750.00 | 500.00 | 375.00 | 300.00 |
| Highest Value | 2350.00 | 1175.00 | 783.33 | 587.50 | 470.00 | 1800.00 | 900.00 | 600.00 | 450.00 | 360.00 |
| Mean | 1744.38 | 872.19 | 581.46 | 436.09 | 348.88 | 1636.00 | 818.00 | 545.33 | 409.00 | 327.20 |
| St. deviation | 259.40 | 129.70 | 86.47 | 64.85 | 51.88 | 120.93 | 60.46 | 40.31 | 30.23 | 24.19 |
Corresponding PNU concentrations for a weight per volume of 1:100 and 1:200 are shown A, while corresponding diluent volumes for PNUs values from 1000 to 5000 are shown in B. These volumes represent the amount of diluent or buffer added to 1 g of allergen