Journal of ethnopharmacology, 114(3), 432-438 (2007-10-12)
Khat (Catha edulis Forsk., Celastraceae) is a perennial shrub that was introduced to Israel by Yemenite immigrants. Khat young leaves are chewed as a stimulant. The main stimulating active principles in this plant are the phenylpropylamino alkaloids (-)-cathinone [(S)-alpha-aminopropiophenone], (+)-cathine
Journal of chromatography. A, 1218(42), 7655-7662 (2011-09-09)
A method for simultaneous determination of eight adulterants including two appetite suppressants, two energy expenditure-enhancing drugs, one diuretic and three cathartics in slimming functional foods by high performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) was established. After samples
Journal of analytical toxicology, 36(2), 96-105 (2012-02-18)
A method for identifying the enantiomers of N,O-di-trifluoroacetylated ephedrine (EP) and norephedrine (NE) and the enantiomers of pseudoephedrine (PEP) and pseudonorephedrine (PNE) in plasma was developed using chiral capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with selected ion monitoring (SIM). N,O-Di-trifluoroacethyl (TFA)
In the last years, all the vegetable material supposed to belong to the Catha Edulis species, seized at the Malpensa and Orio al Serio airports, were analyzed in our laboratory on behalf of the Tribunals of Busto Arsizio and Bergamo
Journal of AOAC International, 87(5), 1058-1062 (2004-10-21)
The use of a single internal standard (ephedrine-d5) as the basis for calculations of the concentrations of both the major and the minor alkaloids leads to incorrect results from variabilities in the solid-phase extraction (SPE) of the ephedra alkaloids. Because
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