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sports supplement; body building supplement
Uses:
- body building
- athletic performance
Pharmacology:
- botanicals promoted for stimulant or anabolic effects
- extracts of Rauwolfia vomitoria containing alpha-yohimbine,
- methylliberine (caffeine-like)
- halostachine (partial beta-2 adrenergic agonist
- turkesterone (plant steroid)
- octopamine (norepinephrine-like)
Clinical significance:
- 12 % of sports supplements contained >= 1 FDA-prohibited ingredient
- including synthetic stimulants: 1,4-dimethylamylamine, deterenol, octodrine, oxilofrine, omberacetam {1]
- 40% did not contain any of the listed label ingredients
- 60% contained some of the label ingredients
- contents ranged from 0.02%-334% of the said amount of ingredient
Related
athletics
Specific
Tri-Methyl Xtreme
General
nutritional supplement
References
- Cohen PA et al.
Presence and quantity of botanical ingredients with purported performance-
enhancing properties in sports supplements.
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Jul 17; 6:e2323879.
PMID: 37459101 PMCID: PMC10352857 Free PMC article
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2807343