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 findingAn 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?
What was found?
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