Weight loss food supplements: Adulteration and multiple quality issues in two products of Chinese origin

Farmacia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-44

  Ancuceanu, Robert ^a   Dinu, Mihaela ^a   Aramǎ, Corina ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Food supplements; Phenolphthalein; Sibutramine

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; SIBUTRAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84874104136     PISSN: 00148237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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