After testing positive for testosterone in an anti-doping control, Paul Pogba, midfielder of Juventus and France, was temporarily suspended on Monday. Hormone of male sexuality and fertility, testosterone is a product prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agencybut often used by athletes to improve their performance.
He said Antoine Faixurologist-andrologist, in the AFP agency, “testosterone is the male hormone par excellence, secreted by 90 percent of the testicles and 10 percent of the adrenal glands, although women also release it; it is the hormone of physical, mental and sexual. tone”.
At puberty, the testosterone It allows the appearance of certain male characteristics, such as hair and genital organs. It is necessary for the production of sperm and the appearance of libido. It is the hormone of fertility and male sexuality.
But also favored by testosterone muscle development, so it is often used in athletes who dope. This is what we call anabolic and it is due to the way proteins are assimilated.
“Testosterone helps build muscle but also accelerates its recovery,” he explained to the AFP agency. Michel Audranprofessor emeritus of biophysics at the University of Montpellier and former director of the French Anti-Doping Laboratory.
Testosterone is also a psychostimulant: it increases the athlete’s motivation and desire to succeed. For this reason, it is “one of the products most used by athletes who take drugs,” he said. Audran.
To improve athletic performance, testosterone can be ingested in a capsule that is swallowed, applied in a transcutaneous gel, or injected directly into a muscle using a syringe.
Testosterone is considered a doping product and is prohibited by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), which classifies it as an “anabolic androgenic steroid.”
In the case of Paul Pogbait is necessary to determine, after his positive test for testosterone doping, whether it was an intentional injection or not.
According to Michel Audran, testosterone “is at the forefront of doping products” because it is “very difficult to detect, it is difficult to distinguish between what is produced by the body and what is given by a drug.” However, tests conducted through hair samples can indicate whether substance use is regular or not, he added. Audran in the aforementioned French media.
Source: La Verdad
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