Metabolism of anabolic steroids and their relevance to drug detection in horseracing

Bioanalysis

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1085-1107

  Teale, Philip ^a   Houghton, Edward ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; BOLDENONE; CLOSTEBOL; CLOSTEBOL ACETATE; DANAZOL; ETHYLESTRENOL; FLUOXYMESTERONE; MESTEROLONE; METANDIENONE; METENOLONE; METHYLESTRENOLONE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE; NORETHANDROLONE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE; TRENBOLONE; STEROID;

DOPING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; EQUINE SPORT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HORSE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HORSES; HUMANS; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 78751682942     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.10.57     Document Type: Review

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