Search Details

Word: butanediol (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH Industrial solvent is not most people's idea of a nutritious beverage, yet that is exactly what folks are ingesting when they consume potions containing 1, 4-butanediol, a chemical cousin of the illegal "date-rape" drug GHB. Though so-called dietary supplements containing 1, 4-butanediol are banned--and the pure stuff can melt a plastic-foam cup--1, 4-butanediol is still peddled on the Internet for its supposed body-building, aphrodisiac and energy-boosting powers. Researchers report that in 1999 at least six Americans suffered coma, seizures or respiratory arrest after ingesting 1, 4-butanediol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jan. 22, 2001 | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

| 1 |