Adulteration of the Herbal Weight Loss Products by the Illegal Addition of Synthetic Antiobesity Medications: A Pilot Study

Background. Some anorexic agents are used to fraudulent augmentation herbal weight loss formulations. This study was designed to evaluate the potential existence of illicit substances in 63 herbal weight loss formulations collected from local apothecaries in Hamadan, Iran. Methods. The thin-layer ch...

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Main Authors: Farzin Firozian, Amir Nili-Ahmadabadi, Shirin Moradkhani, Miad Moulaei, Zohreh Fasihi, Davoud Ahmadimoghaddam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9968730