Researchers from Brock University publish new studies and findings in the area of hormones.

According to recent research from Canada, "Enzyme immunoassays for testosterone, 17 beta-estradiol, and progesterone were validated for human facial and axillary perspiration and compared to levels in urine. In study 1, these assays were applied to samples from preadolescent girls and boys and young women and men."

"Men's axillary perspiration contained substantially higher levels of steroids than seen in other substrates from men or in any sample from women, boys, and girls. Male axillary steroid levels were very variable across individuals, and on average they exceeded levels in facial perspiration by 90-fold for testosterone and 45-fold for estradiol. Men's urinary testosterone also exceeded urinary levels of the other subjects. In study 2, axillary perspiration, urine, and saliva were collected from young men. Substantial axillary levels of testosterone and estradiol were again observed," wrote C.C. Muir and colleagues, Brock University (see also Hormones).

The researchers concluded: "Correlations of the same hormone among the different substrates were generally very low, except for a small correlation between ...