Analysis of herbal dietary supplements for sexual performance enhancement: first characterization of propoxyphenyl-thiohydroxyhomosildenafil and identification of sildenafil, thiosildenafil, phentolamine and tetrahydropalmatine as adulterants. 2012

Stéphane Balayssac, and Véronique Gilard, and Chantal Zedde, and Robert Martino, and Myriam Malet-Martino
Groupe de RMN Biomédicale, Laboratoire SPCMIB (UMR CNRS 5068), Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France.

Nine herbal dietary supplements intended to be beverages for enhancing sexual performance were analyzed before their possible launch on the market. Four of them contained a sildenafil analog reported for the first time as an adulterant. After isolation and characterization using NMR, MS, IR and UV, this analog was named propoxyphenyl-thiohydroxyhomosildenafil as the ethoxy chain on the phenyl ring of the already known analog thiohydroxyhomosildenafil was replaced by a propoxy moiety. One formulation was tainted with thiosildenafil, another unapproved PDE-5 inhibitor. Sildenafil along with the natural alkaloid tetrahydropalmatine that has no documented effect for enhancing erectile dysfunction were identified in two formulations. Another formulation was adulterated with phentolamine, a drug that is not approved for boosting male sexual performance when taken orally. The last formulation containing osthole, a bioactive natural coumarine improving sexual dysfunction, is most probably truly natural.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009682 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical applications such as NMR Tomography (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING). In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy,MR Spectroscopy,Magnetic Resonance,NMR Spectroscopy,NMR Spectroscopy, In Vivo,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, NMR,Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopies,Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear,NMR Spectroscopies,Resonance Spectroscopy, Magnetic,Resonance, Magnetic,Resonance, Nuclear Magnetic,Spectroscopies, NMR,Spectroscopy, MR
D010410 Penile Erection The state of the PENIS when the erectile tissue becomes filled or swollen (tumid) with BLOOD and causes the penis to become rigid and elevated. It is a complex process involving CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HORMONES; SMOOTH MUSCLES; and vascular functions. Tumescence, Penile,Nocturnal Penile Tumescence,Penile Tumescence,Erection, Penile,Penile Tumescence, Nocturnal,Tumescence, Nocturnal Penile
D010646 Phentolamine A nonselective alpha-adrenergic antagonist. It is used in the treatment of hypertension and hypertensive emergencies, pheochromocytoma, vasospasm of RAYNAUD DISEASE and frostbite, clonidine withdrawal syndrome, impotence, and peripheral vascular disease. Fentolamin,Phentolamine Mesilate,Phentolamine Mesylate,Phentolamine Methanesulfonate,Phentolamine Mono-hydrochloride,Regitine,Regityn,Rogitine,Z-Max,Mesilate, Phentolamine,Mesylate, Phentolamine,Methanesulfonate, Phentolamine,Mono-hydrochloride, Phentolamine,Phentolamine Mono hydrochloride
D010879 Piperazines Compounds that are derived from PIPERAZINE.
D011687 Purines A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include ADENINE and GUANINE, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.
D004340 Drug Contamination The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure. Drug Adulteration,Drug Contamination, Chemical,Drug Contamination, Microbial,Drug Contamination, Physical,Drug Impurity,Adulteration, Drug,Chemical Drug Contamination,Chemical Drug Contaminations,Contamination, Chemical Drug,Contamination, Drug,Contamination, Microbial Drug,Contamination, Physical Drug,Contaminations, Chemical Drug,Contaminations, Microbial Drug,Contaminations, Physical Drug,Drug Adulterations,Drug Contaminations,Drug Contaminations, Chemical,Drug Contaminations, Microbial,Drug Contaminations, Physical,Drug Impurities,Impurity, Drug,Microbial Drug Contamination,Microbial Drug Contaminations,Physical Drug Contamination,Physical Drug Contaminations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000068677 Sildenafil Citrate A PHOSPHODIESTERASE TYPE-5 INHIBITOR; VASODILATOR AGENT and UROLOGICAL AGENT that is used in the treatment of ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION and PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. 1-((3-(6,7-Dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1H-pyrazolo(4,3-d)pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl)sulfonyl)-4-methylpiperazine citrate,Acetildenafil,Desmethyl Sildenafil,Desmethylsildenafil,Homosildenafil,Hydroxyhomosildenafil,NCX-911,Revatio,Sildenafil,Sildenafil Lactate,Sildenafil Nitrate,UK 92480-10,UK-92,480-10,Viagra,Citrate, Sildenafil,Lactate, Sildenafil,NCX 911,NCX911,Nitrate, Sildenafil,Sildenafil, Desmethyl,UK 92,480 10,UK 92480 10,UK 9248010
D001046 Aphrodisiacs Chemical agents or ODORANTS that stimulate sexual desires. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Aphrodisiac,Aphrodisiac Effect,Aphrodisiac Effects,Effect, Aphrodisiac,Effects, Aphrodisiac

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