Science Psychology

Salivary biomarkers & analytes

Research projects undertaken by the UNSW School of Mathematics & Statistics.

The UNSW SBRC offers accurate saliva testing for a wide variety of analytes, including:
 

Salivary analytes 
 Sample test volume  Assay sensitivity  Assay range
17 Alpha- Hydroxy-progesterone, opens in a new window 50 μL 3 pg/mL 5.1 - 500 pg/mL
Alpha-Amylase, opens in a new window 10 μL 0.4 U/mL 2-400 U/mL
Androstenedione, opens in a new window 50 μL  5 pg/mL  10 - 2430 pg/mL
Cortisol, opens in a new window 25 μL  < 0.007 μg/dL  0.012 - 3 μg/dL
Cotinine, opens in a new window 20 μL  0.15 ng/mL  0.8 - 200 ng/mL
DHEA, opens in a new window 50 μL  5 pg/mL  10.2 - 1000 pg/mL
DHEA-S, opens in a new window 100 μL  43pg/mL  188.9 - 15,300 pg/mL
Estradiol, opens in a new window 100 μL  0.1 pg/mL  1 - 32 pg/mL
Estriol, opens in a new window 100 μL  5 pg/mL  5 - 4860 pg/mL
Estrone, opens in a new window 100 μL 1 pg/mL   3.1 - 300 pg/mL
Interleukin-1 Beta, opens in a new window 20 μL  < 0.37 pg/mL  3.13 - 200 pg/mL
Interleukin-6 (IL-6), opens in a new window 60 μL  0.07 pg/mL  0 - 100 pg/mL
Melatonin, opens in a new window 100 μL 1.37 pg/mL  0.78 - 50 pg/mL
Progesterone, opens in a new window  50 μL  5 pg/mL  10 - 2430 pg/mL
Secretory IgA , opens in a new window 25 μL 2.5 μg/mL  2.5 - 600 μg/mL
Testosterone, opens in a new window 25 μL  1 pg/mL  6.1 - 600 pg/mL
Uric Acid, opens in a new window 10 μL  0.07 mg/dL  0.07 - 5 mg/dL

It does so by capitalising on significant advances over the past decade in methods for saliva collection, opens in a new window and the development of standardised, reliable techniques for the most accurate saliva testing results by industry leader and partner Salimetrics https://salimetrics.com/, opens in a new window.

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