The determination of oral turinabol (4-chloro-17 alpha-methyl-17 beta-hydroxy-1,4-androstadien-3-one) [1] in the 'free' fraction of human urine samples by gas chromatography and capillary column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry was studied. After administration to man, three major metabolites are formed whose structures were identified as 6 beta-hydroxy-turinabol [2], 6 beta, 12-dihydroxy-turinabol [4], and 6 beta, 16-dihydroxy-turinabol [5], respectively. In much smaller quantities at least another three metabolites are excreted, one of which could be identified as 17 epi-turinabol [6]. No measurable amounts of 1 itself were detected in any of the urine samples investigated. The rate of metabolism and urinary excretion is reasonably fast. The total amount of recovered material, in the form of the three main metabolites, is on the order of 15%. Clean-up procedures and chromatographic conditions are presented in detail.
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