Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been linked to psychiatric and physiological complications in humans. Studies have further found a relationship between AAS abuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. The main objective of this animal experimental thesis was to examine to what extent the AAS compound nandrolone decanoate (ND; Deca-Durabol [15 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks]) induces behav...

The extraction of anabolic steroids (1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione; 17α-methyltestosterone; 19-norethiocholanolone; 4-hydroxytestosterone; 4-androstene-3,17-dione; 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol; dehydroepiandrosterone; calusterone; clostebol; methandienone; methyldienolone; nandrolone; testosterone; epitestosterone; tibolone; 19-norandrostenedione; 1-methylene-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one) by aqueous-o...