title: Mitragynine (Kratom) - monitoring in sports drug testing.
abstract: In 2014, mitragynine (Kratom) was placed on the Monitoring List of the World Anti-Doping Agency to gain information of its current use in professional sports. Therefore, analytical strategies in sports drug testing are presented and the first Kratom case in professional sports is described. It is outlined that thorough monitoring by anti-doping laboratories is of utmost importance to obtain data on Kratom's misuse and to protect athletes from potential health hazards. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guddat
authors.affiliation: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Görgens
authors.affiliation: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Steinhart
authors.affiliation: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schänzer
authors.affiliation: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.|European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), Cologne/Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thevis
mesh_terms: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004300:Doping in Sports; D006801:Humans; D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids; C001801:mitragynine
keywords: Kratom; LC-MS/MS; mitragynine; monitoring; sports drug testing