Simplified Analysis of Native Steroid Esters in Dried Blood Spots by LC-MS³.

ABSTRACT: Steroidal esters (e.g., testosterone, nandrolone and boldenone esters) belong to the substance class prohibited in professional sport that is particularly frequently abused due to its considerable performance-enhancing effects. Thus, a high number of adverse analytical findings in doping controls is reported every year. Unfortunately, the analysis of steroids that are not exclusively of exogenous nature and, in particular, their differentiation from endogenously produced steroids is very time-consuming and resource-intensive (necessitating isotope-ratio mass spectrometric analysis). The direct detection of the applied (unequivocally exogenous) steroidal esters in blood or dried blood spots (DBS) can offer a much simpler approach. In the present project, the analysis of 17 underivatized ste

SUBMITTER: Thomas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12507138 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature