\begin{table}%t3 \caption{\label{metali}Metallicity ($12+\log({\rm O/H})$) and stellar mass estimates for the 7~galaxies observed with SINFONI.} \par \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{cccccccc} \hline\hline &&&&&&& \\[-8pt] Galaxy & $Z_{\rm PMC08}$$^1$ & $Z_{\rm PMC08~cor.}$$^2$ & $Z_{{\rm PMC08}\rightarrow{\rm T04}}$$^3$ & $Z_{{\rm PMC08~cor.}\rightarrow{\rm T04}}$$^3$ & $\log(M^\star/M_\odot)$$^4$ & $\log({\rm N/O})$$^5$ & $\log({\rm SSFR~yr}^{-1})$$^6$ \\ \hline &&&&&&& \\[-8pt] VVDS020116027 & $8.46\pm0.09$ & $8.43\pm0.27$ & $8.66\pm0.12$ & $8.62\pm0.37$ & $10.09^{\rm +0.38}_{-0.21}$ & $-1.13\pm0.49$ & $-8.72\pm0.20$ \\ VVDS020147106 & $8.37\pm0.16$ & $8.15\pm0.16$ & $8.56\pm0.2$ & $8.29\pm0.19$ & $10.23^{\rm +0.01}_{-0.18}$ & $-0.77\pm0.22$ & $-8.22\pm0.31$ \\ VVDS220596913 & $8.40\pm0.11$ & \--- & $8.59\pm0.14$ & \--- & $10.93^{\rm +0.12}_{-0.29}$ & \--- & $-8.94\pm0.21$ \\ VVDS220584167 & $8.56\pm0.13$ & $8.44\pm0.24$ & $8.80\pm0.18$ & $8.64\pm0.33$ & $11.08^{\rm +0.28}_{-0.23}$ & $-0.95\pm0.43$ & $-8.73\pm0.24$ \\ VVDS220544103 & \--- & \--- & \--- & \--- & $10.71^{\rm +0.16}_{-0.41}$ & \--- & $-7.81\pm0.21$ \\ VVDS220015726 & $8.44\pm0.11$ & \--- & $8.63\pm0.13$ & \--- & $10.79^{\rm +0.29}_{-0.13}$ & \--- & $-8.88\pm0.13$ \\ VVDS220014252 & $8.56\pm0.08$ & $8.20\pm0.12$ & $8.80\pm0.10$ & $8.35\pm0.15$ & $10.78^{\rm +0.07}_{-0.39}$ & $-0.53\pm0.22$ & $-7.83\pm0.30$ \\[2pt] \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip $^1$ Metallicity estimate using PMC08 indicator; $^2$ metallicity estimate using PMC08 indicator and N/O~correction with the sulfur lines; $^3$ corresponding metallicities converted into T04 metallicity estimator; $^4$~stellar mass in solar units (see Sect.~\ref{mass}); $^5$~$\log({\rm N/O})$ estimated with the N2S2~ratio; $^6$~specific SFR in~yr$^{-1}$, derived with~$L({\rm H}\alpha)$. \end{table}