In-Sewer Stability Assessment of Anabolic Steroids and Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 1627 - 1638
• Main Authors: Shimko, Katja M, O’Brien, Jake W, Li, Jiaying, Tscharke, Benjamin J, Brooker, Lance, Thai, Phong K, Choi, Phil M, Samanipour, Saer, Thomas, Kevin V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Aerobic conditions; Anabolic Agents; Anabolic steroids; Anaerobic conditions; Androgen receptors; Androgens; biofilm; Biofilms; Biomarkers; Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments; desorption; Drug abuse; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Epidemiology; gravity; Gravity sewers; half life; Humans; Image enhancement; Ionization; Ions; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Metabolites; Modulators; Reactors; Receptors; Receptors, Androgen; Sewage; sorption; Stability analysis; Steroid hormones; Steroids; technology; Testosterone Congeners; Waste Water - chemistry; Wastewater; Wastewater analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE); wastewater analysis; performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs); sewage; in-sewer degradation

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a potential complementary technique for monitoring the use of performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs), such as anabolic steroids and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs), within the general population. Assessing in-sewer transformation and degradatio...