Identifying N-nitrosofenfluramine in a nutrition supplement

J Chromatogr Sci. 2005 Jan;43(1):7-10. doi: 10.1093/chromsci/43.1.7.

Abstract

The analytical data for identifying an unknown substance that was found in a nutrition supplement is presented. The unknown substance is purified using thin-layer chromatography and then measured using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) giving the exact mass from which the structure of the unknown substance was proposed. The procedure for synthesizing N-nitrosofenfluramine from fenfluramine is described. The extracted, synthesized, and standard N-nitrosofenfluramine are compared using HRMS, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-MS, HPLC-UV, Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, gas chromatography-MS, TLC, and NMR (1H NMR and 13C NMR). All analytical data obtained confirm that the unknown peak in the nutrition supplement is N-nitrosofenfluramine and that the synthetic procedure described can easily provide the N-nitrosofenfluramine reference substance for identification.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Dietary Supplements / analysis*
  • Doping in Sports / prevention & control
  • Fenfluramine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Fenfluramine / analysis*
  • Fenfluramine / chemical synthesis
  • Fenfluramine / chemistry
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • Indicators and Reagents
  • nitrosofenfluramine
  • Fenfluramine