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. 2020 Sep 24;25(19):4399. doi: 10.3390/molecules25194399

Table 3.

Detected numbers and concentrations in dietary supplements by product category.

Product Category by Labelling
(Sample Number)
Compounds Detected Number Detected
Sample No.
Concentrations Contents
Mean
(mg g−1)
Range
(mg g−1)
Contents per Unit
(mg/Unit)
Sexual enhancement products
(n = 31)
DHEA 1 S-3 39.7 21.4
Icariin 2 S-21), S-88 1.90 0.77–3.03 1.34–2.12
Magnoflorine 1 S-21) 0.54 0.38
Weight loss products
(n = 94)
Cascarosides 3 S-4, S-77, S-79 8.02 5.77–9.62 1.47–6.16
Melatonin 1 S-171 3.35 4.02
Mexamine 1 S-71) 3.64 4.14
Oxitriptan (5-HTP) 2 S-71), S-172 20.4 3.50–37.2 3.99–23.1
Sennosides 2 S-161, S-162 24.5 13.9–35.0 9.89–19.6
Synephrine 5 S-6, S-71), S-10, S-13, S-140 27.2 3.70–75.7 2.92–67.4
Yohimbine 2 S-71), S-60 2.32 1.69–2.94 1.03–1.47
Muscular strengthening products
(n = 38)
Synephrine 3 S-61, S-107, S-1551) 33.3 14.9–56.5 18.3–134
Yohimbine 4 S-9, S-16, S-142, S-1551) 4.60 0.51–11.0 1.78–9.31
Relaxing products
(n = 11)
Kavain 1 S-73 18.8 18.8 14.3
Melatonin 1 S-481) 6.74 1.94
Oxitriptan (5-HTP) 4 S-17, S-22, S-481), S-82 115 56.6–226 20.6–140
Others
(n = 26)
Total
(n = 200)
11 compounds 33 27 samples 0.51–226 0.38–140