Simultaneous identification of prednisolone and its ten metabolites in human urine by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 460-467

  Ahi, Shobha ^a   Beotra, Alka ^a   Dubey, Sachin ^a   Upadhyay, Awanish ^a   Jain, Shila ^a  

^a IFPRI New Delhi Office NASC Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Glucocorticosteroids; LC MS MS; Prednisolone; WADA

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EPIMERS; GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN URINE; LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; OH -; PREDNISOLONE; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY;

METABOLITES;

20 ALPHA OH PREDNISOLONE; 20 ALPHA OH PREDNISONE; 20 BETA OH PREDNISOLONE; 20 BETA OH PREDNISONE; 5 ALPHA 20 ALPHA TETRAHYDROPREDNISOLONE; 5 ALPHA 20 ALPHA TETRAHYDROXYPREDNISONE; 5 ALPHA 20 BETA TETRAHYDROPREDNISOLONE; 5 ALPHA 20 BETA TETRAHYDROPREDNISONE; 5 BETA 20 ALPHA TETRAHYDROPREDNISOLONE; 5 BETA 20 ALPHA TETRAHYDROXYPREDNISONE; 5 BETA 20 BETA TETRAHYDROPREDNISOLONE; 5 BETA 20 BETA TETRAHYDROPREDNISONE; 6 BETA OH PREDNISOLONE; DRUG METABOLITE; OMNACORTIL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84863095274     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.378     Document Type: Article

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