Validation of salivary cortisol and testosterone assays in chimpanzees by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 696-706

  Kutsukake, Nobuyuki ^a   Ikeda, Koki ^b   Honma, Seijiro ^c   Teramoto, Migaku ^d   Mori, Yusuke ^d   Hayasaka, Ikuo ^d   Yamamoto, Rain ^b   Ishida, Takafumi ^b   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^b   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Chimpanzee Sanctuary Uto   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Cortisol; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS); Salivary steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRIMATE; SALIVA; SPECTROMETRY; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FECES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67849114255     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20708     Document Type: Article

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