title: Determination of ephedrine alkaloids in dietary supplement standard reference materials.
abstract: A suite of five ephedra-containing dietary supplement Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with certified values for ephedrine alkaloids, synephrine, caffeine, and selected toxic trace elements. The materials represent a variety of natural, extracted, and processed sample matrixes that provide different analytical challenges. The constituents have been determined by multiple independent methods with measurements performed by NIST and by three collaborating laboratories. The methods utilized different sample extraction and cleanup steps in addition to different instrumental analytical techniques and approaches to quantification. In addition, food-matrix proximates were determined by National Food Processor Association laboratories for one of the ephedra-containing SRMs. The SRMs are primarily intended for method validation and for use as control materials to support the analysis of dietary supplements and related botanical materials.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA. lane.sander@nist.gov
authors.forename: Lane C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sharpless
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Satterfield
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Phinney
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Martha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCooeye
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Catharine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sturgeon
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roman
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis*; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000032:analysis*; D005504:Food Analysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004809:Ephedrine