Analysis of confiscated black market products in Germany detected the thymic hormone thymosin β4.
In plain wordsIn lab tests of seized black market products in Germany, thymosin β4 was detected.
- Peptide
- Thymosin beta-4 (human)
- Outcome
- Not applicableDetection of thymosin β4 in confiscated black market products
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Analytical methods and detection · Pharmacology
Source sentences
Outstanding findings were the detection of the selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) LGD-4033, the thymic hormone thymosin β4, and a fusion protein of unknown biological activity.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In cooperation with the Bureau and under the umbrella of the European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), the Cologne Anti-Doping Laboratory analyzed an additional 337 (black market) products between 2010 and 2013, allowing to monitor developments in drug use and, hence, the ant…
Main tools utilized in characterizing confiscated materials were liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS), gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS), and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) with subsequent bottom-up identification of peptidic compo…
In this study, Thymosin beta-4 (human) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Thymosin beta-4 (human).