Table 1.

Confidence limits obtained for the analysis of MIT in rat plasma.

Recovery (%) (n = 6)
0.5 ng/mL	95.7	Precision (% RSD, n = 5)
500 ng/mL	90.0	Intra-assay precision
800 ng/mL	99.1	0.4 ng/ml	11.7
Linearity (ng/mL)		400 ng/ml	5.6
Linear equation	y = 0.0063x–0.0156	800 ng/ml	5.1
Range (ng/mL)	0.2–1000	Intra-assay precision
Correlation coefficient (r2)	0.999	0.4ng/ml	13.0
LOQ (n = 5)		400 ng/ml	4.54
Concentration (ng, ml)	0.2	800 ng/ml	5.5
Precision (%RSD)	13.4
Accuracy (%DEV)	2.5	Accuracy (%DEV, n = 5)
Stability (%DEV, n = 5)		Intra-assay accuracy
Freeze-thaw cycles (−20 to 25 °C)		0.4 ng/ml	−3.3
0.4 ng/ml	2.9	400 ng/ml	−5.7
800 ng/ml	−9.8	800 ng/ml	−5.9
Room temperature for 4th		Intra-assay accuracy
0.4 ng/ml	6.6	0.4 ng/ml	−3.2
800 ng/ml	−4.2	400 ng/ml	−3.9
Post-processing		800 ng/ml	−2.7
0.4 ng/ml	0.3
800 ng/ml	−5.7