Liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of glucuronide- conjugated anabolic steroid metabolites: Method validation and interlaboratory comparison

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 965-973

  Hintikka, Laura ^a   Kuuranne, Tiia ^b   Leinonen, Antti ^b   Thevis, Mario ^c   Schänzer, Wilhelm ^c   Halket, John ^d   Cowan, David ^d   Grosse, Joachim ^e   Hemmersbach, Peter ^f   Nielen, Michel W F ^g   Kostiainen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Yhtyneet Laboratoriot Oy   (Finland)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry   (Germany)

^f AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroids; Glucuronide conjugates; Interlaboratory comparison and doping control; Liquid chromatography; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEUTERIUM; DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY;

ANABOLIC STEROIDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION (APCI); DETECTION LIMIT (DL); DIRECT-DETECTION; ELECTROSPRAY (ES); GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDES; HUMAN URINE; INSTRUMENT SET-UP; INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON; IONIZATION MODES; LC ESI MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTROSPRAY; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; METHOD VALIDATIONS; METHYL-TESTOSTERONE; MULTIPLE-REACTION MONITORING (MRM); NANDROLONE; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE); TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (MS/MS); TESTOSTERONE (T); TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE (TQ); URINE SAMPLES;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ANABOLIC AGENT; DEUTERIUM; GLUCURONIDE; MESTANOLONE; METANDIENONE; METENOLONE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPING IN SPORTS; GLUCURONIDES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 47749100446     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1434     Document Type: Article

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