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Determination of natural corticosteroids in urine samples from sportsmen
J J Rivero-Marabé1, J I Maynar-Mariño, M P García-de-Tiedra
1Department of Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Extremadura University, Badajoz, Spain.
Abstract:
A method for the determination of natural corticosteroids (cortisone, cortisol, 5beta-dihydrocortisone, 5beta-dihydrocortisol, tetrahydrocortisone and tetrahydrocortisol) found in the urine of sportsmen, was developed using a capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ion trap system. 17alpha-Methyltestosterone was used as an internal standard. The different corticosteroids were determined from the peak area ratios of the [M]; [M-90] and [M-90-90] fragment ions of their methoxime-trimethylsiyl derivatives. Sensitivity (15 ppb), specificity, accuracy (96%) and reproducibility (RSD=4-10%) of the method were demonstrated to be satisfactory for measuring the urinary concentrations of the selected natural corticosteroids.
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