Pharmacology of anabolic steroids

AT Kicman - British journal of pharmacology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… The effects of androgens are modulated at cellular level by the steroid-converting enzymes
within the particular target tissue (Figure 1). In reproductive target tissues, testosterone can …

Anabolic steroids in sport: biochemical, clinical and analytical perspectives

AT Kicman, DB Gower - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
… Dr AT Kicman E-mail: andrew.kicman@kcl.ac.uk This article has been prepared at the …
the suspicion of their extensive use by competitors at international level. For example, it was …

Aminoindanes—the next wave of 'legal highs'?

PD Sainsbury, AT Kicman, RP Archer… - Drug testing and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… in rodents at very high doses and that significant serotonergic toxicity was only found at doses
at large but this could lead to the taking of much larger doses, with unanticipated effects. …

Low-dose MDMA (“ecstasy”) induces vasopressin secretion

JA Henry, JK Fallon, AT Kicman, AJ Hutt, DA Cowan… - The Lancet, 1998 - thelancet.com
… In this study, a single relatively small dose caused an acute rise in AVP concentration at a
time of day when it would not be expected to change. The rise in AVP was accompanied by a …

Anabolic steroids detected in bodybuilding dietary supplements–a significant risk to public health

V Abbate, AT Kicman, M Evans‐Brown… - Drug Testing and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Following extraction with hexane under basic conditions, additional peaks were detected
two with the highest mass ion at m/z 430 and one at m/z 428. More thorough hydrolysis, using …

Stereospecific analysis and enantiomeric disposition of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) in humans

JK Fallon, AT Kicman, JA Henry, PJ Milligan… - Clinical …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
… The corresponding MDA enantiomer concentrations were maintained at one-… at 80 C for 20
min. After derivatization, the organic phase was evaporated to dryness under nitrogen at 30 C…

Detection of ketamine and its metabolites in urine by ultra high pressure liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

…, SP Elliott, MD Osselton, DA Cowan, AT Kicman - … of Chromatography B, 2008 - Elsevier
… Urine samples were collected over 2 h periods from 0 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 8 h and then spot
collections at exactly 12 h, 24 h, 30 h and at day 2 (48 h), 3 (72 h), 4 (96 h), 5 (120 h), 6 (144 h), 7 …

Development of a rapid LC‐MS/MS method for direct urinalysis of designer drugs

C Bell, C George, AT Kicman… - Drug testing and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… Although all target analytes were readily detected at 500 ng/ml, a cut-off of 1000 ng/ml was
… was set at 0.400 ml/min with an injection volume of 15 µl. The auto-sampler was kept at 20 …

Counterfeiting in performance‐and image‐enhancing drugs

…, CJ Walker, D Cowan, AT Kicman - Drug Testing and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… the solvent was evaporated to dryness under nitrogen at 60 … ) were taken and evaporated
to dryness under nitrogen at 60 … derivatized to form methyloximes by heating at 60 ◦ C for 1 h …

Pharmacokinetic properties of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in whole blood, serum, and urine

…, DA Cowan, AT Kicman - Journal of Analytical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… During the administration study, three blood (serum and whole blood) collection points
were missed (volunteer 1 at 15 min and volunteer 3 at 15 min and 6 h). The mean GHB …