Influence of the consumption of meat contaminated with anabolic steroids on doping tests

✍ Scribed by G. Debruyckere; C.H. Van Peteghem; R. de Sagher

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 668 KB
• Volume: 275
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-2670
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(93)80275-p

✦ Synopsis

AbStlWt In 1989, 3 case.8 out of 20 were found where gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed the presence of nandrolone metabohtes m the urme of untreated persons Although the ongm of the nandrolone metabohtes was uncertam at that tune, the presumpt~ou was that such findmgs could be related to the consumption of meat from nandrolone-treated ammals Two years later, m a feedmg expenment wth volunteers, 1 out of 10 persons was posltwe for clostebol due to the accldental consumption of meat contammated wrth clostebol acetate In 1992, a smular random expenment was camed out (n = 501, yleldmg 2 poslttve cases (1 nandrolone case and 1 clostebol case) The urmary concentrations found m the volunteers who had amdentally consumed contanunated meat were compared wth the levels found m volunteers after a controlled mtake of a nunor dose of the anabohc steroid concerned The above levels were also compared Hrlth those after Intake of a therapeutic dose of the compound Keyn.