History and epidemiology of anabolic androgens in athletes and non-athletes

G Kanayama, HG Pope Jr - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of androgens, frequently referred to as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), has
grown into a worldwide substance abuse problem over the last several decades …

Selective androgen receptor modulators: current knowledge and clinical applications

ZJ Solomon, JR Mirabal, DJ Mazur… - Sexual medicine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) differentially bind to
androgen receptors depending on each SARM's chemical structure. As a result, SARMs …

Anabolic agents: recent strategies for their detection and protection from inadvertent doping

H Geyer, W Schänzer, M Thevis - British journal of sports medicine, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List, anabolic agents consist
of exogenous anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), endogenous AAS and other anabolic …

Sensitive determination of prohibited drugs in dried blood spots (DBS) for doping controls by means of a benchtop quadrupole/Orbitrap mass spectrometer

A Thomas, H Geyer, W Schänzer, C Crone… - Analytical and …, 2012 - Springer
In the present study, a new type of mass spectrometer combining a quadrupole mass filter, a
higher collision dissociation (HCD) cell and an Orbitrap detector, was evaluated for the …

Premature death in bodybuilders: what do we know?

JM Smoliga, ZT Wilber, BT Robinson - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Premature deaths in bodybuilders regularly make headlines and are cited as evidence that
bodybuilding is a dangerous activity. A wealth of research has revealed elite athletes …

The forensic response after an adverse analytical finding (doping) involving a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) in human athlete

P Kintz - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are a class of drugs presenting identical
anabolic properties to anabolic steroids in addition to marked reduced androgenic effects …

Medicinal use of testosterone and related steroids revisited

J Tauchen, M Jurášek, L Huml, S Rimpelová - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Testosterone derivatives and related compounds (such as anabolic-androgenic steroids—
AAS) are frequently misused by athletes (both professional and amateur) wishing to promote …

Illicit drugs: contaminants in the environment and utility in forensic epidemiology

CG Daughton - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2011 - Springer
The spectrum of chemicals recognized as contributing to widespread contamination of the
environment was extended to pharmaceutical ingredients as early as the 1970s. The topic …

Detection of SARMs in doping control analysis

M Thevis, W Schänzer - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
The class of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) has been the subject of
intense and dedicated clinical research over the past two decades. Potential therapeutic …

Confiscated black market products and nutritional supplements with non‐approved ingredients analyzed in the Cologne Doping Control Laboratory 2009

M Kohler, A Thomas, H Geyer, M Petrou… - Drug Testing and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Doping control laboratories are frequently confronted with new substances that may be
misused by athletes. Besides new pharmaceuticals, where method development for their …