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Table 2 Summarized urinary neopterin concentrations in this study. We sampled golden lion tamarins and white-faced sakis living in captivity, and wild living emperor tamarins, saddleback tamarins, a brown titi monkey, and a Colombian red howler monkey. All values are in ng/mL corrected based on SG, as listed in the methods. n denotes number of samples analyzed from each species

From: Detection of neopterin in the urine of captive and wild platyrrhines

Species

n

Mean (ng/mL corr. SG)

Median (ng/mL corr. SG)

Stdev. (ng/mL corr. SG)

Leontopithecus rosalia

2

1364.82

1364.82

99.31

Pithecia pithecia

5

392.55

339.38

269.96

Saguinus imperator

46

186.98

149.85

167.69

Leontocebus weddelli

39

478.25

300.29

375.98

Alouatta seniculus

1

2060.31

–

–

Plecturocebus toppini

1

1317.51

–

–