A comprehensive procedure based on gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry following high performance liquid chromatography purification for the analysis of underivatized testosterone and its analogues in human urine |
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Authors: | Xavier de la Torre Cristiana Colamonici Davide Curcio Francesco Molaioni Francesco Botrè |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratorio Antidoping, Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana, Largo Giulio Onesti 1, 00197 Rome, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Management, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | The confirmation by GC/C/IRMS of the exogenous origin of pseudo-endogenous steroids from human urine samples requires extracts of adequate purity. A strategy based on HPLC sample purification prior to the GC/C/IRMS analysis of human urinary endogenous androgens (i.e. testosterone, androsterone and/or androstenediols), is presented. A method without any additional derivatization step is proposed, allowing to simplify the urine pretreatment procedure, leading to extracts free of interferences permitting precise and accurate IRMS analysis, without the need of correcting the measured delta values for the contribution of the derivatizing agent. The HPLC extracts were adequately combined to both reduce the number of GC/C/IRMS runs and to have appropriate endogenous reference compounds (ERC; i.e. pregnanediol, 11-keto-etiocholanolone) on each GC–IRMS run. The purity of the extracts was assessed by their parallel analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, with GC conditions identical to those of the GC/C/IRMS assay. The method has been validated according to ISO17025 requirements (within assay precision below 0.3 ‰ 13C delta units and between assay precision below 0.6 ‰ 13C delta units for most of the compounds investigated) fulfilling the World Anti-Doping Agency requirements. |
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Keywords: | Androgens Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) HPLC Sample preparation Doping in sports |
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