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Table 1 List of measured hormones with abbreviations, chemical and trivial names and detection limits

From: Age and cognitive status dependent differences in blood steroid and thyroid hormone concentrations in intact male rats

Hormone

Chemical name

Trivial name

Detection limit

T

4-Androsten-17β-ol-3-on

Testosterone

0.1 ng/mL

4A

4-Androsten-3,17-dion

4-Androstenedione

0.1 ng/mL

AD

5a-Androstan-3α,17β-diol

Androstanediol-3α,17β

0.1 ng/mL

DHEA

5-Androstene-3β-ol-17-one

Dehydroepiandrosterone

0.5 ng/mL

DHT

5a-Androstan-17β-ol-3-on

Dihydrotestosterone

0.025 ng/mL

17OHP

4-Pregnen-17α-ol-3,20-dion

17-Hydroxyprogesterone

0.1 ng/mL

17OH5P

5-Pregnene-3β,17α-diol-20-one

17-Hydroxypregnenolone

0.1 ng/mL

S

4-Pregnene-17α,21-diol-3,20-dione

11-Deoxycortisol

0.1 ng/mL

Prog

4-Pregnen-3,20-dion

Progesterone

0.625 ng/mL

B

4-Pregnen-11β,21-diol-3,20-dion

Corticosterone

5 ng/mL

E2

1,3,5(10)-Estratrien-3-ol-17-one

17β-Estradiol

2 pg/mL

T3

3,3′,5-Triiod-l-thyronin

Triiodothyronine

0,75 nmol/L

T4

3,3′,5,5′-Tetraiod-l-thyronin

Thyroxine

26 nmol/L

TSH

5-Oxo-l-prolyl-l-histidyl-l-prolinamide

Thyroid-stimulating-hormone

0.15 mLU/L