The content of ephedra alkaloids in herbal dietary supplements containing ephedra (ma huang) was studied. The ephedra alkaloid content of 20 ephedra-containing supplements was determined by high ...
Table 3 lists label claims for ephedra content and compares claims for (-)-ephedrine and total alkaloid content with the amounts determined by HPLC. Only 13 of the 20 supplement labels indicated ...
Since it falls under the FDA category of a dietary supplement, its sale and use is entirely unregulated. In that regard, usnic acid is not unlike ephedra, another weight-loss pill that is sold ...
In a crackdown that extends beyond normal drug testing and the recent ban of products containing the stimulant ephedra ... based manufacturer of dietary supplements. It is anticipated that ...