1,3-Dimethylamylamine (DMAA) in supplements and geranium products: Natural or synthetic?

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 986-990

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Woods, Ross M ^a   Breitbach, Zachary S ^a   Armstrong, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DMAA; GC analysis; Geranium oil; HPLC analysis; Synthetic versus natural

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

1,3-DIMETHYLAMYLAMINE; DIASTEREOMERIC RATIOS; ENANTIOMERIC RATIO; GC ANALYSE; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; GERANIA OIL; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPLC ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST; SYNTHETIC VERSUS NATURAL;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4 METHYL 2 HEXYLAMINE; ADRALIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLASHOVER; HEMO RAGE; HYDROXYSTIM; JACK3D; OXYELITE PRO; RIPPED JUICE; SPEED V2; STIM-FORCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENANTIOMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERANIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84871394794     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1368     Document Type: Article

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