| Calibration | 
      
        | Linearity range | 0.05 - 5 ng/mL | 
      
        | Slope ± S.D. (n=5) | 0.97633 ± 0.03495 | 
      
        | C.V.% (slope) | 3.6 | 
      
        | r (mean ± S.D) | 0.99984 ± 0.00016 | 
      
        | Intercept (mean ± S.D) | 0.01256 ± 0.00458 | 
      
        | Limit of quantification (LOQ) | 0.05 ng/mL | 
      
        | Limit of detection (LOD) | 0.003 ng/mL | 
      
        | Intra-assay precision and accuracy (n=5) | 
      
        | Conc. (ng/mL) | Measured mean (ng/mL) ± S.D. | C.V.(%) | Mean accuracy (%) | 
      
        | 0.05 | 0.04902 ± 0.0024 | 4.9 | 98 | 
      
        | 0.10 | 0.09542 ± 0.0029 | 3.1 | 96 | 
      
        | 0.25 | 0.22957 ± 0.0052 | 2.2 | 92 | 
      
        | 1.0 | 0.88797 ± 0.0205 | 2.1 | 89 | 
      
        | 2.5 | 2.23212 ± 0.0379 | 1.5 | 89 | 
      
        | Inter-assay precision and accuracy (n=5) | 
      
        | Conc. (ng/mL) | Measured mean (ng/mL) ± S.D. | C.V.(%) | Mean accuracy (%) | 
      
        | 0.10 | 0.10009 ± 0.00948 | 9.4 | 101 | 
      
        | 0.25 | 0.24932 ± 0.01437 | 5.8 | 100 | 
      
        | 1.0 | 0.93760 ± 0.04746 | 5.1 | 94 | 
      
        | 2.5 | 2.32050 ± 0.08518 | 3.7 | 93 |