Doping, performance-enhancing drugs, and hormones in sport : mechanisms of action and methods of detection / / Anthony C. Hackney, University of Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

• Autore: Hackney Anthony C.
• Pubblicazione: Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier : , : RTI International, , [2018]; �2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 147 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 362.29
• Soggetto topico: Doping in sports; Athletes - Drug use
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. Overview : doping in sport -- ch. 2. Anabolic androgenic steroids -- ch. 3. Stimulants -- ch. 4. Glucocorticoids -- ch. 5. Peptide : protein hormones -- ch. 6. Beta-2 agonists -- ch. 7. Hormone and metabolic modulators -- ch. 8. Narcotics -- ch. 9. Beta blockers -- ch. 10. Athlete testing, analytical procedures, and adverse analytical findings -- ch. 11. The future of performance enhancement in sport.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the biochemistry and bioanalytical aspects of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and other questionable procedures used by athletes to enhance performance, and informs the specialist and non-specialist of emerging knowledge, techniques, underlying science, and current practice of the discipline.
• Titolo autorizzato: Doping, performance enhancing drugs, and hormones in sport
• ISBN: 0-12-813443-7; 0-12-813442-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910583313303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Emerging issues in analytical chemistry.