Standard Associated Compound Day 0 Day 1 Day 3 Day 5 Day 7
Cholesterol Cholesterol tms ether 100.0 83.6 69.5 89.7 103.4
Cholesterola 100.0 -96.4 -113.1 -111.5 -113.6
Total Cholesterol 100.0 92.1 93.2 98.1 107.2
b-epoxide b-epoxide tms ether 100.0 211.8 198.1 228.9 242.4
b-epoxide 100.0 129.0 61.2 67.9 57.8
Total b-epoxide 100.0 180.2 154.4 176.8 179.7
β-epoxide Triol tms ether 100.0 179.5 176.7 205.5 225.6
β-epoxide Triol Related 100.0 63.1 46.2 48.1 42.5
7-keto 3,5-7-one 100.0 99.4 112.2 90.6 101.2
3,5-7-one 3,5-7-one 100.0 120.3 139.9 105.1 127.9
5αC 5αC 100.0 126.3 147.8 58.7 96.4
LS means for each temperature were averaged and standardized to day 0. aDay 0 LS means for cholesterol was negative while subsequent days were positive, resulting in negative percent LS means relative to day 0.
Table 2: Stability of COPs standards over time: percent least squares means (LS means) relative to day 0.