Detection of stanozolol in environmental waters using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Owing to frequent administration of a wide range of pharmaceutical products, various environmental waters have been found to be contaminated with pharmacologically active substances. For example, stanozolol, a synthetic anabolic steroid, is frequently misused for performance enhancement as well as for illegal growth promoting purposes in veterinary practice. Previously we reported stanozolol in hair samples collected from subjects living in Budapest. For this reason we initiated this study to explore possible environmental sources of steroid contamination. The aim of this study was to develop a method to monitor stanozolol in aqueous matrices using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

Results

Liquid-liquid extraction using pentane was found t

SUBMITTER: Deshmukh NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3206829 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature