| Substance assayed |
Specificity of assay
(cross-reactivity of antiserum) |
Sensitivity of assay
(ng/ml) |
Coefficients of variation |
Intra-assay |
Inter-assay |
IGF-I |
<0.001% to insulin, proinsulin, IGF-II, GH |
2.0 |
6.3% |
6.8% |
Oxytocin |
<0.01% to arginine-vasopressin,
lysine. -vasopressin,
arginine-vasotocin,
ghrelin, leptin and FSH |
0. 12 |
13. 1 |
8. 0 |
Progesterone |
<0.01% cortisol, estradiol, 5α-, 5β-Pregnandione, 16α-, 17α-, 6β-Hydroxyprogesterone |
0.05 |
5.8% |
9.0% |
PGE2 |
<28.0% to PGA-1, <7.0% to PGA-2, <0.6% to PGB-1, <1.4% to PGB-2, <5.0% to PGF-1, <1.5% to PGF-2, 165% to PGE-1, 100% to PGE-2 |
0. 015 |
7. 5 |
4. 0 |
PGF2α |
<0.01% to PGA-1, PGA-2, PGB-1, PGB-2,
<0.1% to PGE-1, PGE-2,
66% to PGF-1,
100% to PGF-2 |
0. 003 |
10. 5 |
5. 6 |
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