| Title | Carbon isotope ratio (delta13C) values of urinary steroids for doping control in sport. | | Author(s) | Cawley AT, Trout GJ, Kazlauskas R, Howe CJ, George AV | | Institution | Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory (ASDTL), National Measurement Institute (NMI), 1 Suakin Street, Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia. | | Source | Steroids 2009 Mar; 74(3):379-92. | | MeSH | Carbon Isotopes
Doping in Sports
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Humans
Steroids
Substance Abuse Detection
| | Abstract | The detection of steroids originating from synthetic precursors in relation to their chemically identical natural analogues has proven to be a significant challenge for doping control laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Endogenous steroid abuse may be confirmed by utilising the atomic specificity of gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS) that enables the precise measurement of differences in stable isotope ratios that arise as a result of fractionation patterns inherent in the source of steroids. A comprehensive carbon isotope ratio (delta(13)C) profiling study (n=1262) of urinary ketosteroids is reported that demonstrates the inter-individual variation that can be expected from factors such as diet, ethnicity, gender and age within and between different populations (13 countries). This delta(13)C distribution is shown by principal component analysis (PCA) to provide a statistical comparison to delta(13)C values observed following administration of testosterone enanthate. A limited collection of steroid diol data (n=100; consisting of three countries) is also presented with comparison to delta(13)C values of excreted testosterone to validate criteria for WADA accredited laboratories to prove doping offences. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 19056414 |
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