• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.65-83
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• 2008

It is noted that illegal hazardous foods containing unauthorized drugs or synthetic drung analogues are increasing. Especially, reported are unknown compounds that have the modified chemical structures of the anti-impotence drugs such as sildenafil, vardenafil, and tatalafil. In addition, it is very reserved, since illegal synthetic compounds having similar chemical structures modified from anti-impotence drug to avoid the government inspection are not proved their safety at all. This review in ulation to food safety, lists the illegal compounds added to foods and describes about the analytical methods to chanacterize 16 anti-impotence drug analogues such as homosildenafil, hongdenafil, pseudovardenafil, aminotadalafil, hydroxyhomosildenafil, hydroxyhongdenafil, dimethylsildenafil, xanthoanthrafil, hydroxyvardenafil, norneosildenafil, demethylhongdenafil, piperidinohongdenafil, carbodenafil, thiosildenafil, dimethylthiosildenafil, and acetylvardenafil.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.32-38
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• 2003

The rapid and sensitive determination method of sildenafil and its related compounds (Vardenafil, Homosildenafil, Tadanafil.) has been investigated using high performance thin layer choromatography (HPTLC). Optimizing separation conditions and simultaneous determination method of these compounds were studied. The calibration curves of those compounds at 254 nm was found to be linear in the range of $1.0{\sim}56.5{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. The detection limts (LOD) and quantification limits (LOQ) of these were found to be $0.8{\sim}1.8{\mu}g/mL$ and $1.0{\sim}2.3{\mu}g/mL$. The coefficient of variation (C.V.) were less than 2.5%. Finally, the present method was applied to determine sildenafil and its related substances in dietary supplement.