52 citations
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June 2013 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study defined menstrual phase-specific reference intervals for circulating androgen levels in young women, highlighting that anovulatory females showed higher androgen, LH, and FSH levels compared to ovulatory females.
10 citations
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January 2019 in “Journal of Chromatography B” This study used a newly validated method to find that one-year finasteride treatment resulted in no significant differences in urinary androgen and prostaglandin levels between male pattern baldness patients and normal controls.
This study found no significant difference in urinary androgen and prostaglandin levels between male pattern baldness patients treated with finasteride for one year and normal controls.
211 citations
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March 2011 in “Journal of Lipid Research” This study reports a novel LC/MS method that separates and analyzes all known ceramide subclasses in human stratum corneum, identifying a new subclass, CER [EOdS], with minimal sample preparation.
18 citations
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July 2009 in “Drug Metabolism and Disposition” This study identified previously unknown phase I and phase II metabolites of finasteride in human bile and urine using a specialized bile collection technique and advanced mass spectrometry analysis.
February 2024 in “ACS Omega” This study found that the topical Shen Bai hair growing decoction may improve androgenetic alopecia in mice by suppressing TNF-α and IL-6 levels, enhancing follicle density, and reducing apoptosis.
December 2023 in “Annals of phytomedicine” This study reports that dutasteride, used alone or with tamsulosin, effectively reduces acute urine retention and surgery risk in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, and may lower prostate cancer incidence, suggesting potential chemopreventive benefits.
21 citations
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November 2010 in “Talanta” This study reported the development of a novel and reliable liquid chromatographic method to measure testosterone and epitestosterone in human urine, offering sensitive detection for doping control.
This study found that androstenedione was more effective than testosterone in diagnosing hyperandrogenism in women with PCOS when measured by LC-MS/MS.
71 citations
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January 2014 in “Journal of Proteome Research” In this study, distinct metabolic profiles were identified in women with PCOS, suggesting potential biomarkers for diagnosis based on changes in lipid and androgen metabolism.
January 2025 in “Current Trends in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry” This review examines recent advancements in analytical techniques used to quantify dutasteride, a medication for enlarged prostate, in various biological samples and its commercial forms, emphasizing methods such as HPTLC, GC-MS, and HPLC.
1 citations
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November 2025 in “Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)” This study developed a new measurement procedure using isotope dilution-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for accurate quantification of DHEAS in human serum or plasma, demonstrating high selectivity, sensitivity, and low measurement uncertainty, making it suitable for routine standardization and clinical evaluation.
January 2026 in “Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)” This study reported high analytical performance of an RMP for DHT quantification, with the ability to differentiate between 5α-DHT and 5β-DHT isomers, making it suitable for routine assay standardization and clinical sample evaluation.
1 citations
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April 2015 in “Drug research” This study concluded that two different pharmaceutical formulations of finasteride were bioequivalent in terms of rate and extent of absorption based on pharmacokinetic evaluations in a randomized crossover study with 38 volunteers.
11 citations
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August 2017 in “Journal of Chromatographic Science” This study established a rapid and accurate ultra-performance liquid chromatographic method for chemical fingerprinting and analyzing Platycladi cacumen, effectively distinguishing batches based on geographical and climatic conditions.
15 citations
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November 2006 in “Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis” This study developed and validated a reliable method to measure finasteride levels in human plasma, which was successfully used to assess its pharmacokinetics after a 5 mg dose in healthy volunteers.
5 citations
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October 2018 in “Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis” This study found that improved testosterone measurement using LC-MS/MS in women with PCOS revealed a stronger correlation between hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance than previously detected.
March 2022 in “VNU Journal of Science Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences” This study developed a sensitive method using LC-ESI-MS/MS for accurate and reliable measurement of nine steroid hormones in children's serum.
11 citations
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September 2020 in “Steroids” This study developed a new method using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to measure multiple steroid hormones in hair, requiring significantly fewer strands than previous methods, with high accuracy and precision.
January 2021 in “Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation” This study presents a method using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to quantify biotin in plasma and serum, and explores how high biotin intake can interfere with diagnostic immunoassays that utilize biotin-streptavidin technology, potentially leading to misdiagnosis of endocrine disorders.
11 citations
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November 2021 in “International journal of molecular sciences” In this study, germ-free male mice showed altered levels of certain neuroactive steroids in the brain and periphery, suggesting microbiota may influence neuroendocrine pathways that support brain functioning.
1 citations
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June 2020 in “Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL” This study reports that two novel chromatographic methods demonstrated high sensitivity and selectivity for determining aminexil, niacinamide, and pyridoxine HCl in a laboratory-prepared mixture and hair tonic preparation.
40 citations
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June 2011 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” This study revealed that deficiency in the enzyme FA2H in mice affected sebaceous gland function, altered sebum composition, and caused cycling alopecia, highlighting FA2H's role in hair follicle homeostasis.
27 citations
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July 2001 in “Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis” Finasteride remains stable for two years with proper storage.
8 citations
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July 2011 in “Critical reviews in analytical chemistry” This article discusses fluconazole's pharmacological and physicochemical properties and methods for its analysis, but reports no new clinical results.
19 citations
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July 2005 in “Steroids” In this study, researchers developed a sensitive LC–MS–MS assay to measure 3α-androstanediol levels in rat plasma and observed that testosterone raises these levels via a 5α-reductase pathway.
11 citations
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November 2001 in “Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications” This review discusses various chromatographic methods for analyzing finasteride in biological fluids and provides no clinical findings, focusing on detection techniques for different concentration levels.
16 citations
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February 2018 in “European Journal of Endocrinology” This review discusses the challenges in measuring testosterone for assessing androgen excess in women and emphasizes the importance of quality control in laboratory methods, but it reports no new clinical results.
14 citations
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January 2018 in “Advances in Clinical Chemistry” This review discusses the evaluation of hyperandrogenemia in women and hypogonadism in men across different life stages and presents biomarkers used for diagnosing male hypogonadism, reporting no new clinical results.
10 citations
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November 2018 in “Physiological Research” This review examines the methods and challenges in androgen laboratory diagnostics, discussing their advantages, limitations, and evolution; it presents no new experimental results.