Description | 3'-Hydroxystanozolol is a metabolite of stanozolol. Stanozolol has the potential for misuse as an anabolic steroid in horse racing. Stanozolol is an anabolic steroid illicitly used for growth promoting purposes in animal production. For reasons of public health the use of anabolic steroids as growth promoters is officially banned in Europe in animals intended for consumption. Stanozolol is a synthetic anabolic androgenic steroid often abused in sports to enhance performance. Doping control screening for the analysis of anabolic steroids in human urine or the detection of anabolic steroid residues in cattle's urine is achieved using liquid and gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry or through a combination of liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Androgenic anabolic steroids are defined as natural, synthetic or semi-synthetic drugs chemicals derived from testosterone, used with the aim to improve physical performance by increasing both muscle strength and mass. Despite their reported toxicological effects on the cardiovascular, hepatic and neuro-endocrine systems, the AAS have been extensively used in sports activities. |