History full circle: 'Novel' sympathomimetics in supplements

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 283-286

  Rasmussen, Nicolas ^a   Keizers, Peter H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Drug safety; Ephedrine; Nutritional supplements; Pharmaceutical regulation; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DRUG SAFETY; EPHEDRINE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS; OVER THE COUNTERS; PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS; PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNTHETIC CHEMISTS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

1,3 DIMETHYLBUTYLAMINE; 2 AMINO 4 METHYLPENTANE; 4 METHYL 2 HEXYLAMINE; ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMPHETAMINE; BETA METHYLPHENYLETHYLAMINE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EPHEDRINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROPYLHEXEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; SOCIAL MARKETING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN;

AMPHETAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPHEDRINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 84949239145     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1852     Document Type: Note

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