Mitragynine (Kratom) - monitoring in sports drug testing

Sven Guddat; Christian Görgens; Vanessa Steinhart; Wilhelm Schänzer; Mario Thevis

doi:10.1002/dta.1970

Mitragynine (Kratom) - monitoring in sports drug testing

Drug Test Anal. 2016 Nov;8(11-12):1114-1118. doi: 10.1002/dta.1970. Epub 2016 Mar 22.

Authors

Sven Guddat¹, Christian Görgens¹, Vanessa Steinhart¹, Wilhelm Schänzer¹, Mario Thevis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Biochemistry and Center of Preventive Doping Research, Cologne, Germany.
² European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), Cologne/Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 27001139
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1970

Abstract

In 2014, mitragynine (Kratom) was placed on the Monitoring List of the World Anti-Doping Agency to gain information of its current use in professional sports. Therefore, analytical strategies in sports drug testing are presented and the first Kratom case in professional sports is described. It is outlined that thorough monitoring by anti-doping laboratories is of utmost importance to obtain data on Kratom's misuse and to protect athletes from potential health hazards. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keywords: Kratom; LC-MS/MS; mitragynine; monitoring; sports drug testing.

MeSH terms

Anti-Anxiety Agents / chemistry
Anti-Anxiety Agents / pharmacology*
Doping in Sports
Humans
Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / analysis*
Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / chemistry*
Substance Abuse Detection / methods*

Substances

Anti-Anxiety Agents
Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids
mitragynine