Validation and performance comparison of two carbon isotope ratio methods to control the misuse of androgens in humans.
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serval:BIB_4714C964F147
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Validation and performance comparison of two carbon isotope ratio methods to control the misuse of androgens in humans.
Journal
Journal of Chromatography. B
ISSN
1570-0232
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Volume
877
Number
23
Pages
2321-2329
Language
english
Abstract
Carbon isotope ratio of androgens in urine specimens is routinely determined to exclude an abuse of testosterone or testosterone prohormones by athletes. Increasing application of gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) in the last years for target and systematic investigations on samples has resulted in the demand for rapid sample throughput as well as high selectivity in the extraction process particularly in the case of conspicuous samples. For that purpose, we present herein the complimentary use of an SPE-based assay and an HPLC fractionation method as a two-stage strategy for the isolation of testosterone metabolites and endogenous reference compounds prior to GC/C/IRMS analyses. Assays validation demonstrated acceptable performance in terms of intermediate precision (range: 0.1-0.4 per thousand) and Bland-Altman analyses revealed no significant bias (0.2 per thousand). For further validation of this two-stage analyses strategy, all the specimens (n=124) collected during a major sport event were processed.
Keywords
Androgens/urine, Carbon Isotopes/analysis, Chromatography, Gas/methods, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods, Doping in Sports, Mass Spectrometry/methods, Substance Abuse Detection/methods, Testosterone/urine
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Web of science
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