Presence of synthetic pharmaceuticals as adulterants in slimming phytotherapeutic formulations and their analytical determination

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 6-12

  De Carvalho, Leandro M ^a   Martini, Mariele ^a   Moreira, Ana Paula L ^a   de Lima, Ana Paula S ^a   Correia, Daniele ^a   Falcão, Tatiana ^a   Garcia, Solange C ^b   de Bairros, André V ^a   do Nascimento, Paulo C ^a   Bohrer, Denise ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adulterants; Analytical methods; Slimming phytotherapeutic formulations

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMFEPRAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FENFLURAMINE; FENPROPOREX; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAZINDOL; MEDAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXAZEPAM; OXAZOLAM; PAROXETINE; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SERTRALINE; SIBUTRAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASIA; BRAZIL; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650895544     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.045     Document Type: Review

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