Table 2 |
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Relative standard deviations (RSDs) and recoveries for NO2- and NO3- from mosquito midgut spiked with 1–100 μM KNO2/KNO3 (mean ± SD, n= 6) |
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Concentration (μM) |
NO2- |
NO3- |
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Intra-Assay RSD (%) |
Inter-Assay RSD (%) |
Recovery (%) |
Intra-Assay RSD (%) |
Inter-Assay RSD (%) |
Recovery (%) |
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0* |
8.3 |
8.9 |
- |
4.2 |
5.6 |
- |
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1 |
8.8 |
9.3 |
94.4 ± 4.4 |
8.7 |
9.9 |
98.9 ± 2.2 |
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2.5 |
7.1 |
9.8 |
98.2+6.6 |
7.2 |
8.5 |
98.5 ± 2.4 |
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5 |
6.7 |
9.9 |
95.2 ± 2.9 |
3.9 |
5.9 |
97.1 ± 1.8 |
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10 |
5.1 |
9.2 |
98.5 ± 3.1 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
99 ± 5.4 |
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25 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
99.8 ± 1.9 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
100 ± 5.8 |
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50 |
5.5 |
4.9 |
100.5 ± 3.2 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
94.5 ± 6.2 |
|
100 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
97.3 ± 2.9 |
1.2 |
4.1 |
94.7 ± 5.9 |
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* Unspiked midgut samples, i.e. midgut samples to which exogenous NO2- and NO3- has not been added |
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Sharma et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:71 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-71 |
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