Due to their performance enhancing properties, use of anabolic steroids (e.g. testosterone, nandrolone, etc.) is banned in elite sports. Therefore, doping control laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) screen among others for these prohibited substances in urine. It
Detection of anabolic steroids in hair samples has been possible only in fatal cases or in cases of high-continuous dosages. In order to verify the possibility of detecting an acute administration, a sensitive and specific assay has been developed for
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 24(5-6), 1125-1130 (2001-03-15)
A sensitive, specific and reproducible method for the quantitative determination of nandrolone in human hair has been developed. The sample preparation involved a decontamination step of the hair with methylene chloride. The hair sample (about 100 mg) was solubilized in
British journal of sports medicine, 36(5), 325-329 (2002-09-28)
The aim of this review is to analyse the studies on nandrolone metabolism to determine if it is possible for an athlete to test positive for nandrolone without having ingested or injected nandrolone.
An immunoaffinity precolumn containing immobilized antibodies raised against the synthetic steroid hormone beta-19-nortestosterone, has been used for the automated sample pretreatment of urine samples containing beta-19-nortestosterone or the related steroids norethindrone and norgestrel. The sample pretreatment system was coupled on-line
