The detection of doping by means of chromatographic methods

This article was first published in German in Der Sportarzt, 1966, 2, 81-84 as Der Dopingnachweis mit Hilfe chromatographischer Methoden. Translated and republished with permission. Doping has become an issue in elite sport and necessitates sensitive detection assays that enable the identification of organic compounds on a microscale level in urine. In agreement with modern toxicological methods, sports drug testing approaches can utilize paper, thin layer or gas chromatographic methods to reveal the presence of prohibited substances such as strychnine, pervitine, captagone, benzedrine etc. in doping control specimens. Basic principles of these strategies are summarized and considerations for future applications discussed. Copyright (c) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.