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Detecting GHRP-2 in Athletes' Urine: Anti-Doping Method for Growth Hormone Secretagogue Use

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The takeaway

An LC-MS/MS method was developed to detect GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) and its metabolite in human urine for anti-doping purposes — enabling detection of GH peptide use in sports.

Key finding

An LC-MS/MS method was developed to detect GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) and its metabolite in human urine for anti-doping purposes — enabling detection of GH

What the researchers found

An LC-MS/MS method was developed to detect GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) and its metabolite in human urine for anti-doping purposes — enabling detection of GH peptide use in sports.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Detecting GHRP-2 in Athletes' Urine: Anti-Doping Method for Growth Hormone Secretagogue Use
What was found?
An LC-MS/MS method was developed to detect GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) and its metabolite in human urine for anti-doping purposes — enabling detection of GH peptide use in sports.

Read the original research

Determination of growth hormone secretagogue pralmorelin (GHRP-2) and its metabolite in human urine by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 24(14), 2046-56

Citation

Okano, Masato; Sato, Mitsuhiko; Ikekita, Ayako; Kageyama, Shinji. (2010). Determination of growth hormone secretagogue pralmorelin (GHRP-2) and its metabolite in human urine by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 24(14), 2046-56. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4619