Objective:Nutraceutical products are widely used for their claimed therapeutic ***,falsified or adulterated nutraceuticals present a major health threat to *** study investigates the pharmaceutical quality,safety and ...
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Objective:Nutraceutical products are widely used for their claimed therapeutic ***,falsified or adulterated nutraceuticals present a major health threat to *** study investigates the pharmaceutical quality,safety and anti-inflammatory effects of six male enhancement nutraceuticals that claim to be 100%***:Three batches of six male enhancement products were tested to detect the presence and levels of adulterants via high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC).The pharmaceutical quality of the selected nutraceuticals was tested with near infrared spectroscopy(NIR)and Se De *** cytotoxic effects of these products on HepG2 cells were determined through cell proliferation(XTT)and lactate dehydrogenase(LDH)cytotoxicity ***,the in vitro inflammatory effects of these products were investigated using murine J774 macrophages through cytokine release ***:HPLC analysis detected the presence of sildenafil citrate,a vasodilator,and the active ingredient in Viagra and Revatio,in all batches of the products we *** of sildenafil citrate ranged from 0.45 mg to 51.85 mg among different *** assessment showed inter-and intra-batch heterogeneity in product *** of the XTT and LDH assays showed significant cytotoxic effects of the analyzed *** analysis revealed that the viability of HepG2 treated with tested products varied from 27.57%to 41.43%.Interestingly,the male enhancement products also showed anti-inflammatory ***:Despite their labeling as 100%natural,all products tested in this study contained levels of sildenafil citrate,which was not reported on the *** was a lack of pharmaceutical uniformity among products of the same batch and across different ***,the products we tested had cytotoxic *** study findings highlight the adulteration,poor quality and hazard of these ***,strict regulation of these product
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