Table 2. Normalized estrogen peak areas for each section and chopping type. Using Student's t-test the comparison was made for each type of chopping.

Estradiol

Type of chopping

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Mean value

Student's t-test

1

0,378

0,383

0,288

0,350

 

2

0,317

0,271

0,344

0,311

0,256

3

0,305

0,346

0,368

0,340

0,426

Estrone

1

0,493

0,432

0,382

0,436

 

2

0,258

0,307

0,455

0,340

0,200

3

0,248

0,261

0,163

0,224

0,005