Adulteration of dietary supplements by the illegal addition of synthetic drugs: a review

T Rocha, JS Amaral… - Comprehensive reviews in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the last few years, the consumption of dietary supplements, especially those having plants
as ingredients, has been increasing due to the common idea that they are natural products …

Pulsed-field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance measurements (PFG NMR) for diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) mapping

G Pagès, V Gilard, R Martino, M Malet-Martino - Analyst, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
While NMR is the most used analytical method for determining the molecular structure of
isolated chemical entities, small compounds as well as macromolecules, its capability of …

Screening of synthetic PDE-5 inhibitors and their analogues as adulterants: analytical techniques and challenges

DN Patel, L Li, CL Kee, X Ge, MY Low… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2014 - Elsevier
The popularity of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) enzyme inhibitors for the treatment of
erectile dysfunction has led to the increase in prevalence of illicit sexual performance …

Towards a decade of detecting new analogues of sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil in food supplements: a history, analytical aspects and health risks

BJ Venhuis, D De Kaste - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical …, 2012 - Elsevier
The scale at which erectile dysfunction (ED) medicines are obtained outside of the official
health system rivals and possibly exceeds legitimate sales. According to literature a high …

Suspected adulteration of commercial kratom products with 7-hydroxymitragynine

AG Lydecker, A Sharma, CR McCurdy… - Journal of Medical …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), a plant native to Southeast Asia, has
been used for centuries for its stimulant and opium-like effects. Mitragynine and 7 …

Detection, identification and quantification by 1H NMR of adulterants in 150 herbal dietary supplements marketed for improving sexual performance

V Gilard, S Balayssac, A Tinaugus, N Martins… - … of pharmaceutical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
One hundred and fifty dietary supplements (DS) marketed to increase sexual performance
were analyzed. All these formulations were claimed to contain only natural compounds …

Construction of a novel sensor based on activated nanodiamonds, zinc oxide, and silver nanoparticles for the determination of a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine …

W Bouali, N Erk, Ö Özalp, M Soylak - Diamond and Related Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, we developed a highly sensitive and selective method for the
determination of sildenafil (SIL) using a modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with …

A review of synthetic phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE-5i) found as adulterants in dietary supplements

CL Kee, X Ge, V Gilard, M Malet-Martino… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2018 - Elsevier
To date, there are 80 synthetic PDE-5i found as adulterants in dietary supplements.
Analogues of sildenafil remain as the top list with 50 (62%) and are followed by analogues …

Common risks of adulterated and mislabeled herbal preparations

T Ekar, S Kreft - Food and chemical toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the growing trend of returning to nature and the fear of adverse reactions from
conventional medicines, people are increasingly resorting to the use of herbal preparations …

Adulteration of herbal sexual enhancers and slimmers: The wish for better sexual well-being and perfect body can be risky

K Skalicka-Woźniak, MI Georgiev, IE Orhan - Food and chemical toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
The popularity of herbal medicines and dietary supplements is increasing all over the world
due to the many side-effects assigned to synthetic drugs. Herbal remedies should be …