A case of positive doping associated with a botanical food supplement

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-46

  Ros, Johannes J W ^a,b   Pelders, Marinus G ^a   De Smet, Peter A G M ^c  

^a Maria Hospital TIlburg   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Centre Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

^c Drug Information Center Roy Dutch Assoc the Adv of Pharm   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doping substances; Ephedra; Ephedrine; Norpseudoephedrine

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYCLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EPHEDRA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETHERLANDS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032905060     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008681612399     Document Type: Article

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