Substance Identification in Anti-Doping Control-Some Issues |Biomedgrid
Journal: American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research (Vol.9, No. 4)Publication Date: 2020-07-06
Authors : Mats Larsson;
Page : 271-272
Keywords : Athlete; Laboratory; Antidoping violation; Anabolic steroids; Chromatographic;
Abstract
When an athlete is accused of an anti-doping rule violation according to the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), usually the only evidence available to the ruling body is the presence of a prohibited substance, metabolite or marker in the athlete's sample, as determined by a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The laboratory enjoys a presumption, which means that if the analysis has been conducted according to WADA's International Standard for Laboratories and technical documents, it cannot be challenged by the athlete. It speaks for itself that given the enormous consequences for an athlete to be found guilty of an antidoping violation, and the singular importance attributed to the laboratory, the analysis procedure and the underpinning science must be impeccable. Small molecules such as anabolic steroids and their metabolites are usually detected by means of Gas Chromatography (GC) coupled to tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/ MS) because of the selectivity and sensitivity offered by GC-MS/MS [1], and the triple quadrupole instrument is often used as platform.
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