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Products Corticosterone EIA Kit
| Catalogue number: | 500655 |
| Weight: | 0 |
| Form: | 96 Well |
| P type: | Assay Kits|Steroids |
| Shipping temp: | -20 |
| Storage temp: | -20 |
| Additional info: | Corticosterone is a glucocorticoid produced by the adrenal cortex in response to ACTH (corticotropic hormone) and is the precursor to aldosterone. The production of glucorcorticoids is increased by stress; therefore, corticosterone can be used as a biomarker of stress. Biologists often measure corticosterone in fecal material of the species they are studying. This non-invasive sample collection procedure has the advantage of not itself causing stress and thereby increasing corticosterone levels, a common problem when samples for measurement of corticosterone are collected by more invasive means. Plasma corticosterone levels have a circadian variation and corticosterone may be important in the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle. The concentration of corticosterone in human plasma is approximately 0.9-3.9 ng/ml in females and 3.2-7.6 ng/ml in males. Cayman's Corticosterone EIA Kit is a competitive assay that can be used for quantification of corticosterone in plasma and cell culture supernatant samples. |
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