Testosterone, which is a type of anabolic-androgenic steroids, is known to build muscle tissue & cause the development of male secondary sex characteristics. These anabolic steroids are frequently abused in different types of professional sports and athletics that demand strength, physique & developed endurance as such steroids simulate testosterone in building the muscle mass and physical strength and thus help in attaining a competitive edge and assist in recovery from injury. No wonder, such steroids are also known as performance enhancing drugs. Along with classical urinalysis and blood based tests, vvarious new sample collection methods like saliva drug screening & sweat drug screening have been developed which can detect presence of a range of performance enhancing drugs in respective samples. While these do-it-yourself kits are based on antibody based screening, laboratory analysis of these samples may involve, liquid/GC Chromatography coupled with mass spectrometric profiling.
DNA & Genetics
DNA & Paternity
