title: Isolation and structural elucidation of flibanserin as an adulterant in a health supplement used for female sexual performance enhancement.
abstract: A health supplement used for female sexual performance enhancement was sent to Health Sciences Authority of Singapore for testing. An unknown compound was detected and isolated from the health supplement and its structure was elucidated using LC-DAD, LC-FTMS, NMR and IR. The detected compound was identified to be flibanserin, a non-hormonal treatment developed for pre-menopausal woman with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
authors.forename: Min-Yong
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Chee-Leong
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kee
authors.forename: Hwee-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019529:Sexuality
chemical_list: D001562:Benzimidazoles; C098107:flibanserin