“…3a-glucuronide-6b-hydroxyandrosterone (6OH-Andros-3-Gluc), 3a-glucuronide-6b-hydroxyetiocholanolone (6OH-Etio-3-Gluc) and 6b-glucuronide-3a-hydroxyandrosterone (6OH-Andros-6-Gluc, used as internal standard, ISTD) were synthesized as previously described [11]. T, E, Andros, Etio, T-Gluc, E-Gluc, 5a-androstan-3a,17b-diol-3a-glucuronide, 5b-androstan-3a,17b-diol3a-glucuronide, 5a-androstan-3a,17b-diol-17a-glucuronide, 5b-androstan-3a,17b-diol-17a-glucuronide, d 3 -testosterone (d 3 -T), d 3 -epitestosterone (d 3 -E), d 5 -etiocholanolone (d 5 -Etio), d 3 -testosterone glucuronide (d 3 -T-Gluc) and d 3 -epitestosterone glucuronide (d 3 -E-Gluc) were purchased from the Australian National Measurement Institute (Pymble, Australia).…”