Doping in Sports: Biochemical Principles, Effects and Analysis
Doping in sports and the fight against it has gained increasing attention in recent years. The pharmacological basis for a possible performance enhancement in competitive sport through the administration of prohibited substances and methods as well as the analytical disclosure of such practices are...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2010.
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| Series: | Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- History of Doping and Doping Control
- Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Endogenous Androgens
- Phase-II Metabolism of Androgens and Its Relevance for Doping Control Analysis
- Detecting the Administration of Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
- Synthetic Anabolic Agents: Steroids and Nonsteroidal Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators
- Nandrolone: A Multi-Faceted Doping Agent
- Designer Steroids
- Growth Hormone
- Mass Spectrometry-Based Analysis of IGF-1 and hGH
- Insulin
- ?-Adrenergic Stimulation
- Erythropoietin and Analogs
- Blood Transfusion in Sports
- The Athlete’s Biological Passport and Indirect Markers of Blood Doping
- Masking and Manipulation
- Hormonal Growth Promoting Agents in Food Producing Animals
- Some Aspects of Doping and Medication Control in Equine Sports
- Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Abuse and the Cardiovascular System
- Side Effects of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: Pathological Findings and Structure–Activity Relationships
- Gene Doping
- Science and the Rules Governing Anti-Doping Violations.
