It has been elucidated desmethylsibutramine in food, that is an analogue of sibutramine used for anti-obesity drug. After separating and purifying in food samples, it was analyzed and identified by the instrument such as HPLC/PDA, HPLC/MS, HPLC/MS/MS and NMR. To analyze sibutamine and desmathylsibutramine in foods, they were analyzed and identified by HPLC/PDA after extracting in dichloromethane, filtering, concentration and diluting in methanol. The overall recoveries were ranged from 87% to 91% and the limit of quantitation was 2.5 μg/kg. As results, sibutramine and desmethylsibutramine was not detected in all the selected 54 food samples.

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