Download or read book Steroid Analysis written by Hugh L. J. Makin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this handbook concentrates on the analysis of steroids in biological fluids. It offers analysis of low levels of steroid analytes in biological fluids. This new edition also provides an extra chapter on pharmaceutical aspects of steroid analysis. Coverage details spectroscopic and other methods, including UV and IR absorption spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, chromatography and immunoassay of steroids.