Gas chromatography–combustion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry analysis of 19-norsteroids: application to the detection of a nandrolone metabolite in urine |
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Authors: | Jean-Charles Mathurin Valrie Herrou Emmanuel Bourgogne Laurent Pascaud Jacques de Ceaurriz |
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Institution: | Laboratoire National de Dépistage du Dopage, CREPS, 143 avenue Roger Salengro, 92290 Chatenay Malabry, France |
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Abstract: | Determination of whether the major metabolite of nandrolone in urine, 19-norandrosterone (19-NA), is exogenous or endogenous in origin is one of the most exciting challenges for antidoping laboratories. Gas chromatography–combustion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC–C–IRMS) can be used to differentiate these two origins by carbon isotopic ratio analysis. A complete method for purification of 19-NA in urine has been established. Acetylated ketosteroids, and in particular 19-NA, are isolated from the urine matrix before analysis after hydrolysis and purification of urine by reversed-phase and normal solid-phase extraction. The limit of detection for 19-NA was about 60 ng with recoveries of 54–60%. Evidence of exogenous administration of 19-NA may be established from isotope ratio determination from the 13C/12C ratios of several synthetic 19-norsteroids compared to those obtained for endogenous steroids. |
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Keywords: | 19-Norsteroids Nandrolone |
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