The present invention relates to a method for evaluating metabolic activity based on the concentrations of cortisol and its precursors and metabolites thereof in saliva collected by a swab for the measurement of adrenal steroids relating to biochemical stress evaluation and more particularly, to a method of comparing metabolic activity of physiologically different adrenal steroids by analyzing adrenal steroids including cortisol and cortisone extracted from a trace amount of saliva by mass spectrometry and evaluating the metabolic ratio between the two compounds as well as the absolute amount of each compound. Accordingly, the present invention can be utilized as an index for evaluating response to biochemical stress and related diseases by measuring the amounts of adrenal steroids including cortisol and cortisone in a trace amount of saliva collected with a swab.
本发明涉及一种根据拭子收集的唾液中
皮质醇及其前体和代谢物的浓度来评估代谢活性的方法,用于测量与生化压力评估有关的肾上腺类
固醇,更具体地说、通过质谱法分析从痕量唾液中提取的肾上腺类
固醇(包括
皮质醇和
可的松),评估两种化合物之间的代谢比率以及每种化合物的绝对量,从而比较生理上不同的肾上腺类
固醇的代谢活性的方法。因此,本发明通过测量用拭子收集的微量唾液中肾上腺类
固醇(包括
皮质醇和
可的松)的含量,可用作评估对生化压力和相关疾病反应的指标。