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DUTCH Hormone Test
Also known as Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones
Definition
The DUTCH test is a dried-urine hormone panel; direct peer-reviewed evidence for this specific commercial test is sparse in the retrieved literature, and the sourced material below concerns the analytical method it relies on rather than clinical validation of the test itself. [1] Its collection approach uses dried urine spots, a sample-collection and storage method that has become increasingly accepted because of increased stability and cost-effectiveness. [1]
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How it's measured
Steroid hormones and their metabolites in such samples are analysed by mass-spectrometry-based techniques, of which liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry is among the most widely used and can detect extremely low concentrations of these substances. [1] Compared with simpler screening techniques such as thin-layer chromatography and enzyme-linked immunoassays, mass-spectrometry-based methods offer lower detection limits at the cost of greater complexity. [1]
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- 1.Zhang Q, Du H, Zhang Y. Recent progress on the detection of animal-derived food stimulants using mass spectrometry-based techniques. Front Nutr · 2023
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