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. 2019 Apr 15;14(4):e0215390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215390

Table 2. List of steroids evaluated in profile.

Steroid LOD1 Steroid LOD1
Pregnenolone 1.58 Estradiol-3-hemisuccinate 0.001
17-Hydroxypregnenolone 1.504 Estrone-3-hemisuccinate 0.007
Dehydroepiandrosterone 0.087 Estradiol-17-hemisuccinate 0.268
5-Androstenediol 0.172 Estradiol-3,17-di-hemisuccinate 0.001
Progesterone 0.003 Estriol-3-hemisuccinate 0.064
17-Hydroxyprogesterone 0.007 Allopregnanolone 0.785
11-Deoxycortisol 0.007 Alldihydroprogesterone 1.58
Cortisol 0.068 Allopregnanediol 0.1
11-Deoxycorticosterone 0.015 11α-Hydroxyprogesterone 0.757
Corticosterone 0.072 11β-Hydroxyprogesterone 0.076
Aldosterone 0.693 21-Hydroxypregnanolone 3.008
Androstenedione 0.009 21-Hydroxypregnenolone 3.008
Testosterone 0.009 7α-Hydroxypregnenolone 3.008
5α-Dihydrotestosterone 0.344 2α-Hydroxytestosterone 0.81
Estrone 0.009 20α-Hydroxy-5a-pregnan-3-one 0.785
Estradiol 0.009 20α-Hydroxyprogesterone 0.521
11α-Hydroxyestrone 0.087 17α-20a-Dihydroprogesterone 0.923
11β-Hydroxyestrone 0.873 Pregnenolone-SO4 0.063
11α-Hydroxyestradiol 0.173 Pregnanolone 0.785
11β-Hydroxyestradiol 1.734 Pregnanediol 1.56
9(11)-Dehydroestradiol 0.092 Pregnanedione 1.58
9(11)-Dehydroestrone 0.093 Epiallopregnanolone 1.36
11-Ketoestrone 0.088 17β-Dihydroandrosterone 3.419
Estradiol-3-SO4 0.025 17β-Dihydroepiandrosterone 1.71
Estrone-3-SO4 0.076 7α-Hydroxytestosterone 0.821
Estradiol-17-SO4 0.049 7α-Hydroxyandrostenedione 0.083
Estradiol-3,17-SO4 0.216 6α-Hydroxytestosterone 0.019
3-o-methoxy-estrone 0.009 6β-Hydroxytestosterone .
Estradiol-3-GLU 1.062 Dehydroepiandrosterone-GLU 3.46
Estrone-3-GLU 0.073 16α-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 8.55
Estradiol-17-GLU 1.062 Testosterone-SO4 0.062
Estrone-3,17-GLU 0.327 Desoxytestosterone 0.544
4-Hydroxyestrone 0.002 Testosterone-GLU 0.166
4-Hydroxyestradiol 0.347 4-Androsten-3α-ol-17-one 2.19
4-o-Methoxy-estrone 0.083 2α-Hydroxyandrostenedione 6.22
4-o-Methoxy-estradiol 3.307 11α-Hydroxyandrostenedione 1.84
4-o-Methoxy-estriol 15.703 6-Ketotestosterone 0.413
4-Hydroxy-estrone-2-SG 0.042 11-Ketotestosterone 0.928
4-Hydroxy-estradiol-2-SG 0.169 9-Dehydrotestosterone .
4-Hydroxy-estrone-2-CYS 0.025 Allotetrahydrocortexone .
4-Hydroxy-estradiol-2-CYS 0.614 Adrenosterone 0.227
4-Hydroxy-estrone-2-NAcCYS 0.224 Etiocholanolone .
4-Hydroxy-estradiol-2-NAcCYS 0.223 4-Androstenediol 0.826
4-Hydroxy-estrone-1-N3Ade 0.012 16α-Ketotestosterone 2.21
4-Hydroxy-estradiol-1- N3Ade 0.024 19-Hydroxyandrostenedione 0.235
4-Hydroxy-estrone-1-N7Gua 0.23 4-Androsten-3,6-17-trione 2.63
4-Hydroxy-estradiol-1- N7Gua 0.229 7β-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 6.24
2-Hydroxyestrone 0.349 7α-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 6.22
2-Hydroxyestradiol 0.347 7-Ketodehydroepiandrosterone 1.12
2-Hydroxy-estrone-1+4-SG 0.423 9-Dehydroepiandrosterone .
2-Hydroxy-estradiol-1+4-SG 0.421 Cortisone .
2-Hydroxy-estrone-1+4-Cys 0.247 9-Dehydroprogesterone 5.29
2-Hydroxy-estradiol-1+4-Cys 0.614 11-Dehydrotetrahydrocosticosterone 0.814
2-Hydroxy-estrone-1+4-NAcCys 0.112 Tetrahydrocorticosterone .
2-Hydroxy-estradiol-1+4-S NAcCys 0.557 6β-Hydroxycorticosterone 0.618
2-Hydroxyestrone-6-N3Ade 0.119 5α-Dihydrocorticosterone 1.66
2-Hydroxyestradiol-6-N3Ade 0.119 5α-Dihydropregnanolone .
2-Hydroxyestriol 0.008 Tetrahydrocortisol .
3-Methoxy-2-hydroxy-estrone 0.166 Pregnanetriol 1.31
2-Methoxy-3-hydroxy-estrone 0.008 Allotetrahydrocortisol .
2-Methoxy-3-hydroxy-estradiol 0.331 16α-Hydroxyprogesterone 2.25
2,3 Dimethoxy-estrone 0.032 6-Dehydrotestosterone 3.27
2,3 Dimethoxy-estradiol 0.079 9(11)-Didehydroepiandrosterone 9.36
6α-Hydroxyestradiol 0.173 11β-Hydroxyepiandrosterone 1.28
6β-Hydroxyestradiol 0.173 16α-Hydroxyepiandrosterone 8.55
6-Ketoestrone 0.088 Androsterone .
6-Ketoestradiol 0.087 Epiandrosterone 0.67
6-Dehydroestradiol 0.092 7α-Hydroxyandrostenediol 1.38
6-Dehydroestrone 0.019 7β-Hydroxyandrostenediol 1.29
16α-Hydroxyestrone 0.175 5β-Dihydrocorticosterone .
17-Epiestriol 0.173 4-Pregnen-3b-ol-20-one 8.06
Estriol 0.347 Urocortisone 0.067
16,17-Epiestriol 3.468 5-Androsten-3b,17-diol-16-one 3.94
16-Epiestriol 3.468 19-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 2.8
Estriol-3-SO4 0.271 16α-Hydroxypregnenolone 4.401
Estriol-3-GLU 2.153 5α-Dihydrocortexone 1.62
3-Methoxy-estriol 0.002 Epitestosterone 0.174
16-Keto-17β-estradiol 3.492 5β-Androstanedione .
16-Ketoestriol 0.331 11β-Hydroxyandrostenedione .
7-Dehydro-17β-estradiol 3.699 11-Ketoetiocholanolone .
Equilin 0.019 5α-Pregnan-11a-ol-3,20-dione 2.51
Dihydroequilin-3-SO4 1.342 5α-Epoxypregnenolone .
Equilin-3-SO4 6.749 Allopregnanetrione .
Estrone-9-N3-Ade 0.124 11-Ketoprogesterone 3.12
Estradiol-9-N3-Ade 0.247 11-Dehydrocorticosterone .
Estradiol-3-acetate 0.08 6β-Hydroxycortisol .
Estrone-3-acetate 0.16 20β-Dihydrocortisone .
Estradiol-3,17α-di-acetate 0.07 6β-Hydroxycortisone .
Estradiol-3,17β-di-acetate 1.402 Etiocholanolone-GLU 0.398
2-Hydroxy-estradiol-17-acetate 0.003 Dehydroepiandrosterone-SO4 0.198
6-Ketoestradiol-3,17-di-acetate 0.006 Epitestosterone-SO4 0.181
6-Ketoestradiol-tri-acetate 0.023 Epitestosterone-GLU 0.126
6-Dehydroestradiol-di-acetate 0.141 Pregnanediol-GLU 0.0183
Estriol-3-acetate 0.303 17α-Hydroxypregnanolone-GLU 1.76
Estriol-16-acetate 0.303 Pregnanolone-SO4 0.133
Estriol-16,17-diacetate 0.268 17α,20β-Dihydroxyprogesterone-GLU 0.102
17-Epiestriol triacetate 0.241 Hydrocortisone-21-SO4 .
Estriol-triacetate 0.006 Pregnenolone-GLU .
16,17-Epiestriol triacetate 0.06 Allopregnanolone-SO4 0.014
16-Epiestriol triacetate 0.121 Epiallopregnanolone-SO4 0.012
Equilin acetate 0.081 Corticosterone-21-SO4 .

1LOD values are estimates of the limit of detection. Values in italics are based on a limited assessment and no estimates are available for compounds with a period.