Analysis of six synthetic adulterants in herbal weight-reducing dietary supplements by LC electrospray ionization-MS

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 822-830

  Wang, J ^a   Chen, B ^a   Yao, S ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fenfluramine; Herbal weight reducing dietary supplement; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS); N di desmethyl sibutramine; N mono desmethyl sibutramine; Orlistat; Phenolphthalein; Sibutramine; Synthetic adulterant

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMMONIUM FORMATE; CELLULOSE; FENFLURAMINE; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; SIBUTRAMINE; SILDENAFIL; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; ALGAL PROTEIN; AURANTIIN; CASSIA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KONJAK EXTRACT; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; N DINORSIBUTRAMINE; N NORSIBUTRAMINE; OOLONG EXTRACT; ORIENTAL WATERPLANTAIN EXTRACT; PAGODATREE EXTRACT; RADISH EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT;

ACCURACY; ALGA; ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GINKGO BILOBA; GYNOSTEMMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; LIME (FRUIT); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOTUS; LYCIUM; POLYGONUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADISH; SENNA; TEA; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVATION;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LABELING; OBESITY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 46349103424     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030801946553     Document Type: Article

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