Use of diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy and HPLC-UV-SPE-NMR to identify undeclared synthetic drugs in medicines illegally sold as phytotherapies

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The informal (and/or illegal) e-commerce of pharmaceutical formulations causes problems that governmental health agencies find hard to control, one of which concerns formulas sold as natural products. The purpose of this work was to explore the advantages and limitations of DOSY and HPLC-UV-SPE-NMR. These techniques were used to identify the components of a formula illegally marketed in Brazil as an herbal medicine possessing anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. DOSY was able to detect the major components present at higher concentrations. Complete characterization was achieved using HPLC-UV-SPE-NMR, and 1D and 2D NMR analyses enabled the identification of known synthetic drugs. These were ranitidine and a mixture of orphenadrine citrate, piroxicam, and dexamethasone, which are co-formulated in a remedy called Rheumazim that is used to relieve severe pain, but it is prohibited in Brazil because of a lack of sufficient pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Magnetic resonance in chemistry : MRC - 51(2013), 9 vom: 12. Sept., Seite 541-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Silva, Lorena M A [VerfasserIn]
Filho, Elenilson G A [VerfasserIn]
Thomasi, Sérgio S [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Bianca F [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Antonio G [VerfasserIn]
Venâncio, Tiago [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Biological Products
DOSY
Drug adulteration
HPLC-UV-SPE-NMR
Illegal e-commerce
Journal Article
Plant Preparations
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Unknown formulas

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Date Completed 26.09.2014

Date Revised 08.08.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mrc.3984

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM228821169