Detecting the administration of endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-98

  Ayotte, Christiane ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detection; GC C IRMS; GC MS; Steroid profiles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; FINASTERIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRASTERONE; PROBENECID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATHLETE; BODY FLUID; CONJUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; STANDARD; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROID URINE LEVEL; DOPING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; URINE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; DOPING IN SPORTS; EPITESTOSTERONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 77449147999     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79088-4_4     Document Type: Review

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