Functional Tests

LCMS saliva steroid panel

Overview

Indications

The Salivary Steroids & Other Analytes (LC-MS/MS) measures: 

Estriol
Estrone

Pregnenolone sulfate

Allopregnanolone

17-OH Progesterone

Androstenedione

Testosterone

5a-dihydrotestosterone

DHEA

7-Keto DHEA

11-Deoxycortisol

Cortisol

Cortisone

Aldosterone

Ethinyl Estradiol

Melatonin

Anastrozole

Finasteride

Letrozole

Practical

Research


•"A Pilot Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Cortisol Awakening Response and Health Outcomes Among Law Enforcement Officers." Christopher MS, Goerling RJ, Rogers BS, Hunsinger M, Baron G, Bergman AL, Zava DT. J Police Criminal Psych 2015;31:15-28.

•"Female social and sexual interest across the menstrual cycle: the roles of pain, sleep and hormones.” Guillermo CJ, Manlove HA, Gray PB, Zava DT, Marrs CR. BMC-Womens Health 2010; 10(19):1-10.

• “Physical Competition Increases Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and Androstenedione rather than Testosterone among Juvenile Boy Soccer Players.” McHale TS, Zava DT, Hales D, Gray PB. Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology, 2016;2:44-56.

• “Pilot study: absorption and efficacy of multiple hormones delivered in a single cream applied to the mucous membranes of the labia and vagina.” Glaser RL, Zava DT, Wurtzbacher D. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation 2008; 66(2):111-8.