| Literature DB >> 30670245 |
Amir Nili-Ahmadabadi1, Zahra Borzouee1, Davoud Ahmadimoghaddam1, Farzin Firozian2, Dara Dastan3.
Abstract
Analgesics, such as acetaminophen (APAP) and codeine (COD), are used to adulterate medicinal herbs and/or herbal supplements. This study evaluated the APAP and COD levels in 60 herbal supplement and/or herb-based medicine samples collected from apothecaries in Hamadan, Iran. The samples were analysed using a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. The results showed that 15% of the samples contained 38900-165200 ng/g and 31.1-603.3 ng/g of APAP and COD, respectively. Due to the side-effects of analgesic drugs in human, control of these drugs is recommended in herbal supplements.Entities:
Keywords: Acetaminophen; Analgesics; Codeine; HPLC; Herbal supplements
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Year: 2018 PMID： 30670245 DOI： 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.11.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Complement Ther Med ISSN： 0965-2299 Impact factor: 2.446