Identification of novel sildenafil-analogues in an adulterated herbal food supplement

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 705-712

  Wollein, Uwe ^a   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^b   Schramek, Nicholas ^a  

^a BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adulterant; Dietary supplement; NMR; PDE 5 inhibitor; Piperazinonafil

Indexed keywords

ACETILDENAFIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOPIPERAZINONAFIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINONAFIL; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBOLINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PURINES; SULFONES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84860390584     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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