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TABLE 1. Steroid excretion products (examples).

Steroid class Starting steroid Excretion product Type of conjugate
Progestins Progesterone Pregnanediol Glucuronide
17a-hydroxyprogesterone Pregnanetriol Glucuronide
Androgens Testosterone Androsterone
Etiocholanolone
Glucuronide and/or Sulphate
Glucocorticoids Cortisol 11ß-hydroxyandrosterone
Allotetrahydrocortisone
Glucuronide

Adapted from Gower (4), and Norman and Litwack (9).