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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 27.
Published before final editing as: J Mass Spectrom. 2021 May 27;56(8):e4772. doi: 10.1002/jms.4772

Table 1 –

Relative Quantitation for Known Metabolites from DBS

Metabolite Concentration Range
(μMol/L)
R2
Alanine 200 – 600 0.97
Arginine 100 – 300 0.99
Citrulline 25 – 250 0.99
Glycine 300 – 900 0.98
Leucine 100 – 500 0.99
Methionine 50 – 250 0.99
Ornithine 100 – 300 0.98
Phenylalanine 100 – 300 0.99
Succinylacetone 2.5 – 15 0.98
Tyrosine 200 – 600 0.99
Valine 150 – 500 0.99
C0 (Free Carnitine) 10 – 30 0.99
C2 (Acetylcarnitine) 10 – 30 0.99
C3 (Proprionylcarnitine) 4 – 12 0.99
C3DC (Malonylcarnitine) 1.0 – 5.5 0.99
C4 (Butyrylcarnitine) 1.0 – 5.0 0.99
C4OH (Hydroxybutyrylcarnitine) 1.0 – 5.5 0.99
C5 (Isovalerylcarnitine) 0.5 – 3.0 0.99
C5DC (Glutarylcarnitine) 0.5 – 2.5 0.99
C5OH (Hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine) 0.5 – 3.0 0.99
C6 (Hexanoylcarnitine) 0.5 – 2.5 0.99
C8 (Octanylcarnitine) 0.5 – 2.5 0.99
C10 (Decanoylcarnitine) 0.5 – 2.5 0.99
C12 (Dodecanoylcarnitine) 0.5 – 3.0 0.99
C14 (Myristoylcarnitine) 0.5 – 3.0 0.99
C16 (Palmitoylcarnitine) 4.0 – 12 0.99
C16OH (Hydroxypalmitoylcarnitine) 0.25 – 1.5 0.99
C18 (Stearoylcarnitine) 1.0 – 5.0 0.99
C18OH (Hydroxystearoylcarnitine) 0.25 – 1.5 0.99