Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug Testing by Mario Thevis - 9780470413272

Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug TestingCharacterization of Prohibited Substances and Doping Control Analytical Assays\nAuthor(s): Mario Thevis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470413272, 978-0470413272\nSynopsis\nEnables you to detect, identify, and characterize hundreds of drugs that may be used by athletes Mass spectrometry has become essential to sports drug testing. This book examines both the principles of sports drug testing and the use of mass spectrometry techniques and mass spectral data to detect, identify, and characterize hundreds of known and unknown drugs that athletes may use to enhance their performance. The author provides a detailed overview of the mass spectrometry of numerous classes of therapeutics and agents, various analyzers to detect low- and high-molecular weight drugs, as well as techniques to discriminate between endogenously produced and synthetically derived compoun.