Doping Drug Detectable in the Body Weeks After Ingestion

The findings come as the result of anti-doping research at Freie Universität Berlin funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). No 153/2021 from Aug 06, 2021 According to a study spearheaded by Freie Universität Berlin, the anabolic androgenic steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) is detectable in the body for several weeks after administration. The study was led by Maria Kristina Parr from the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin. The anti-doping laboratory in Rome headed by Professor Francesco Botrè and a research team from Tianjin University managed by Professor Matthias Bureik were also involved in the experiments. In the study, DHCMT was administered to five healthy male volunteers, and their urine samples were collected and tested for different metabolites (the intermediate and end products of metabolic processes) for a total of 60 days. The researchers were able to determine a link between the ingestion of DHCMT and the excretory products found in the urine samples - meaning that the results of the study may help scientists in interpreting the results from anti-doping laboratories across the world. This is also the first time that individual excreted metabolites have been detected over such a long period of time after ingestion, which could help researchers to learn more about the metabolic pathways of the human body.