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A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the quantitative analysis of urinary endogenous estrogen
Xia Xu1, Larry K Keefer, Regina G Ziegler
1SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Abstract:
The ability to measure estrogen metabolites (EMs) quantitatively is important for investigating their individual roles in cancer screening, treatment and prevention, as well as in a host of other hormone-related disorders. In this protocol we describe a method that is capable of quantitating 15 distinct EMs in urine. Endogenous EMs are quantitatively measured using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method in which the spectrometer operates in a selected reaction monitoring mode. This method is capable of quantifying estrone and its 2-, and 4- and 16alpha-hydroxy and its 2-, 4-methoxy derivatives, and 2-hydroxyestrone-3-methyl ether; 17beta-estradiol and its 2-hydroxy, and 2- and 4-methoxy derivates, and estriol, 16-epiestriol, 17-epiestriol, and 16-ketoestradiol. The method requires only 0.5 ml of urine and approximately 60 urine samples can be quantitatively analyzed per week.
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