The Analysis of Steroids

I. INTRODUCTION

As a consequence of the great importance of steroids in clinical chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacy, a continously increasing interest has been shown towards their analysis. The number of publications from the field of steroid analysis reviewed by Analytical Abstracts in 1978 is about 400. Almost the same number of nonanalytical papers were published in organic chemical or biochemical journals containing important analytical data and methodology. The vast quantity of literature makes it extremely difficult to follow the rapid development of the field of steroid analyis.