Estimation of the odorous steroid, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one, in human saliva.
The concentration of the urine-smelling steroid, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one, has been measured by radioimmunoassay in the saliva of 9 men and 4 women. The lower limit of detection was estimated to be 0.725 nmoles/l. In six of the men the range of concentrations of the odorous steroid was 0.8-1.8 nmoles/l saliva (3 men had less than the estimated lower limit of detection). In only one of the women studied could the 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one be measured (0.83 nmoles/l) in the saliva.
D000736:Androstenes / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D012016:Reference Values; D012463:Saliva / Q000032:analysis*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D000736:Androstenes; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one