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Radioimmunoassay of urinary free cortisol. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5179789
The radioimmunoassay for urinary free cortisol described in this paper is simple, rapid, and reproducible. The method uses a commercially available antibody preparation and is performed in two steps. The first step includes an extraction and a column purification to remove materials antigenically similar to cortisol from the urine. The second step is the radioimmunoassay using dextran coated charcoal to separate bound and unbound cortisol. /sup 3/H-cortisol is added prior to any mechanical manipulation to allow calculation of analytical recovery for the purification procedure. The coefficient of variation for interassay determinations was a maximum of 10.3% and for intra-assay determinations a maximum of 5.7%. Analytical recovery averaged 97.7%. One technician can analyze 100 samples per week. (Author)
Research Organization:
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
5179789
Report Number(s):
AD-A-043782
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English