Doping in sports /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Hemmersbach, Peter, Thieme, Detlef
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : Springer, [2010]
Series:	Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 195.
Subjects:	Doping in Sports > prevention & control. Substance Abuse Detection > methods. Anabolic Agents > adverse effects. Steroids > adverse effects. Doping in sports > Prevention. Doping in sports. Sports > Drug use. Steroids > Side effects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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
[Beta]-adrenergic stimulation
Erythropoietin and analogs
Blood transfusion in sports
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.