Determination of Ephedra Alkaloid and Caffeine Concentrations in Dietary Supplements and Biological Fluids

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 152-159

  Jacob III, Peyton ^a,b   Haller, Christine A ^a   Duan, Minjiang ^a   Yu, Lisa ^a   Peng, Margaret ^a   Benowitz, Neal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; METHYLEPHEDRINE; METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPHEDRA; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARKETING; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EPHEDRA;

EID: 1842581936     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/28.3.152     Document Type: Article

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