Saliva Assays
Over the last years the popularity of measuring steroid hormones in saliva for clinical and research applications has grown steadily. As the steroid hormones in saliva are not bound to proteins one can easily get a quantitative determination of the free steroid fraction. Saliva sampling and testing offers many advantages over traditional sampling methods such as:
- Non-invasive and painless
- Stress free
- Determination of the biological active (free) fraction of hormones
- Inexpensive sampling device available which is free of interferences
- Measurement is based on simple ELISA technology
- Easy collection at patients’ home
