Characterization of chemically modified steroids for doping control purposes by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-502

  Thevis, Mario ^a   Bommerich, Ute ^b   Opfermann, Georg ^a   Schänzer, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Designer steroids; Doping; Electrospray ionization; Fragmentation; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DRUG PRODUCTS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION (CAD); ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEROIDS; TETRAHYDROGESTRINONE (THG);

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

STEROID; TETRAHYDROGESTRINONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DERIVATIZATION; DOPING; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; DOPING IN SPORTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 18344374877     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.820     Document Type: Article

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