title: The development of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric screening procedure to detect the administration of anabolic steroids to the horse.
abstract: A screening procedure for anabolic steroid residues in horse urine has been developed based upon solid-phase extraction and gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis in the selected ion mode. For moderate sample throughput the method provides a viable alternative to radioimmunoassay screening and has advantages over the latter technique due to its flexibility, specificity and ability to detect a number of steroids in a single analysis. Full automation of the gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis is an additional feature of the methodology.
authors.affiliation: Horseacing Forensic Laboratory Limited, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Teale
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houghton
mesh_terms: D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000652:urine*; D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D006736:Horses
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents