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Wilhelm Schänzer is affiliated with the German Sport University Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Food Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Pharmacology, and Spectroscopy. The topics of their work cover Hormonal and reproductive studies, Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety, Pharmacological Effects and Assays, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment, and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography.

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, notably Drug Testing and Analysis, where they have published multiple papers. Other frequent venues include Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry and Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.

Recent publications by Wilhelm Schänzer include:

  • "Stanozolol-N-glucuronide metabolites in human urine samples as suitable targets in terms of routine anti-doping analysis" (2021) in Drug Testing and Analysis
  • "Investigations into the concentration and metabolite profiles of stanozolol and LGD-4033 in blood plasma and seminal fluid using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry" (2022) in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • "Tainted toothpaste - Analytical investigation into an unusual adverse finding" (2020) in Drug Testing and Analysis
  • "Investigations on the in vivo metabolism of 5α-androst-2-en-17-one" (2022) in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Wilhelm Schänzer has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Among the most common co-authors are Mario Thevis, Hans Geyer, Lorenz Göschl, Günter Gmeiner, and Peter Gärtner.

Best Publications

  • Dietary Supplement Use among Elite Young German Athletes

    Hans A. Braun;Karsten Koehler;Hans Geyer;Jens Kleinert

  • Analysis of non-hormonal nutritional supplements for anabolic-androgenic steroids - results of an international study.

    H. Geyer;M. K. Parr;U. Mareck;U. Reinhart

  • Nutritional supplements cross-contaminated and faked with doping substances

    Hans Geyer;Maria Kristina Parr;Karsten Koehler;Ute Mareck

  • Metabolism of anabolic androgenic steroids.

    Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Factors influencing the steroid profile in doping control analysis

    Ute Mareck;Hans Geyer;Georg Opfermann;Mario Thevis

  • Mass spectrometry in sports drug testing: Structure characterization and analytical assays

    Mario Thevis;Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Sensitive determination of prohibited drugs in dried blood spots (DBS) for doping controls by means of a benchtop quadrupole/Orbitrap mass spectrometer.

    Andreas Thomas;Hans Geyer;Wilhelm Schänzer;Catharina Crone

  • Determination of 13C/12C ratios of endogenous urinary steroids: method validation, reference population and application to doping control purposes.

    Thomas Piper;Ute Mareck;Hans Geyer;Ulrich Flenker

  • Current role of LC-MS(/MS) in doping control.

    Mario Thevis;Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Long-term detection and identification of metandienone and stanozolol abuse in athletes by gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry

    Wilhelm Schänzer;Philippe Delahaut;Hans Geyer;Mark Machnik

  • Screening for unknown synthetic steroids in human urine by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Mario Thevis;Hans Geyer;Ute Mareck;Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Annual banned‐substance review: Analytical approaches in human sports drug testing

    Mario Thevis;Tiia Kuuranne;Hans Geyer;Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Reference ranges for urinary concentrations and ratios of endogenous steroids, which can be used as markers for steroid misuse, in a Caucasian population of athletes.

    Pieter Van Renterghem;Peter Van Eenoo;Hans Geyer;Wilhelm Schänzer

  • Screening for the synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 and its major metabolites in human doping controls

    Ines Möller;Annette Wintermeyer;Katja Bender;Martin Jübner

  • Anabolic agents: recent strategies for their detection and protection from inadvertent doping

    Hans Geyer;Wilhelm Schänzer;Mario Thevis

  • ESC study group of sports cardiology position paper on adverse cardiovascular effects of doping in athletes.

    Asterios Deligiannis;Hans Björnstad;Francois Carre;Hein Heidbüchel

  • Quantification of human insulin-like growth factor-1 and qualitative detection of its analogues in plasma using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry

    Michael Bredehöft;Wilhelm Schänzer;Mario Thevis

  • Iron status in elite young athletes: gender-dependent influences of diet and exercise

    Karsten Koehler;Hans Braun;Silvia Achtzehn;Ursula Hildebrand

  • Qualitative determination of synthetic analogues of insulin in human plasma by immunoaffinity purification and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for doping control purposes.

    Mario Thevis;Andreas Thomas;Philippe Delahaut;and Alain Bosseloir

  • Mass spectrometric identification and characterization of a new long-term metabolite of metandienone in human urine.

    Wilhelm Schänzer;Hans Geyer;Gregor Fußhöller;Natalia Halatcheva

  • Mass spectrometric determination of insulins and their degradation products in sports drug testing.

    Mario Thevis;Andreas Thomas;Wilhelm Schänzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Thevis
Mario Thevis German Sport University Cologne
Hans Geyer
Hans Geyer German Sport University Cologne
Risto Kostiainen
Risto Kostiainen University of Helsinki
Uwe Karst
Uwe Karst University of Münster
Jordi Segura
Jordi Segura Pompeu Fabra University
Jiri Dvorak
Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic
Michael Gütschow
Michael Gütschow University of Bonn
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Oscar J. Pozo
Oscar J. Pozo Ghent University
Antti Sajantila
Antti Sajantila University of Helsinki

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