Anorectic sibutramine detected in a Chinese herbal drug for weight loss

Forensic Science International

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 221-222

  Jung, Julia ^a   Hermanns Clausen, Maren ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorectic; GC MS; HPLC; Sibutramine; Traditional herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; LIDA DAI DAI HUA JIAO NANG; SIBUTRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; URINALYSIS; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33746546301     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.052     Document Type: Article

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