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Drug Test Anal
October 2021
Laboratorio Antidoping, Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana, Rome, Italy.
This article reports the results obtained from the investigation of the influence of miconazole administration on the physiological fluctuation of the markers of the steroid profile included in the "steroidal module" of the Athlete Biological Passport. Urines collected from male Caucasian subjects before, during, and after either systemic (i.e.
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February 2007
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
16alpha-Bromoepiandrosterone (HE2000) is a synthetic androstane steroid that has immune effects in pre-clinical models of malaria, tuberculosis, and infection with human immunodeficiency virus. In pilot studies, 42 patients with confirmed uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were treated with a seven-day course of HE2000 by either buccal administration or intramuscular injection. Of the 42 patients, 41 showed a 50% reduction in blood levels of parasites, the primary endpoint of the study.
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August 2007
Center for Preventive Doping Research - Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Carl-Diem-Weg 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
Manipulation of urine sampling in sports drug testing is considered a violation of anti-doping rules and is consequently sanctioned by regulatory authorities. In 2003, three identical urine specimens were provided by three different athletes, and the identity of all urine samples was detected and substantiated using numerous analytical strategies including gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with steroid and metabolite profiling, gas chromatography-nitrogen/phosphorus detector analysis, high-performance liquid chromatography-UV fingerprinting, and DNA-STR (short tandem repeat) analysis. None of the respective athletes was the donor of the urine provided for doping analysis, which proved to be a urine sample collected from other unidentified individual(s).
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