sports supplement; body building supplement

Uses

• body building
• athletic performance

Pharmacology

• botanicals promoted for stimulant or anabolic effects
  • extracts of Rauwolfia vomitoria containing alpha-yohimbine,
  • methylliberine (caffeine-like)
  • halostachine (partial beta-2 adrenergic agonist
  • turkesterone (plant steroid)
  • octopamine (norepinephrine-like)

Clinical significance

• 12 % of sports supplements contained >= 1 FDA-prohibited ingredient
  • including synthetic stimulants: 1,4-dimethylamylamine, deterenol, octodrine, oxilofrine, omberacetam {1]
• 40% did not contain any of the listed label ingredients
• 60% contained some of the label ingredients
  • contents ranged from 0.02%-334% of the said amount of ingredient

More general terms

• nutritional supplement

More specific terms

• Tri-Methyl Xtreme

Additional terms

• athletics