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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2024

Screening anabolic androgenic steroids in human urine: an application of the state-of-the-art gas chromatography-Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Ziyi Ji, Lei Liao, Yuqi Ge, Mengpan Liu, Xian Fang, Haoyi Sun, Siying Zheng, Xiaojun Deng

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Article in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ziyi JiSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Lei LiaoSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China. liaolei@sus.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2376-0753
Yuqi GeSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Mengpan LiuSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Xian FangSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Haoyi SunSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Siying ZhengSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Xiaojun DengSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Shanghai University of Sport · CN

Funding

Key Technologies R&D Program for Winter Olympic Games from Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2020YFF0304500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few decades, anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs) have been abused in and out of competition for their performance-enhancing and muscle-building properties. Traditionally, AASs were commonly detected using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the initial testing procedure for doping control purposes. Gas chromatography-Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-Orbitrap-HRMS) is a new technology that has many advantages in comparison with GC-MS (e.g., a maximum resolving power of 240,000 (FWHM at m/z 200), excellent sub-ppm mass accuracy, and retrospective data analysis after data acquisition). Anti-doping practitioners are encouraged to take full advantage of the updated techniques of chromatography-mass spectrometry to develop sensitive, specific, and rapid screening methods for AASs. A new method for screening a wide range of AASs in human urine using GC-Orbitrap-HRMS was developed and validated. The method can qualitatively determine 70 anabolic androgenic steroids according to the minimum required performance limit of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Moreover, the validated method was successfully applied to detect six metabolites in urine after the oral administration of metandienone, and their excretion curves in vivo were studied. Metandienone M6 (17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methyl-18-nor-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one) has been identified as a long-term urinary metabolite which can be detected up to 7 weeks, thus providing a longer detection window compared with previous studies. This study provides a rationale for GC-Orbitrap-HRMS in drug metabolism and non-targeted screening.

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Anabolic AgentsAnabolic Androgenic SteroidsDoping in SportsGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometrySubstance Abuse DetectionAndrogensHumansLimit of DetectionMaleAnabolic AgentsAnabolic Androgenic SteroidsAndrogensAnabolic androgenic steroidsDoping analysisGas chromatographyOrbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry

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PMID38573345
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