butyrolactone

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butyrolactone

[¦byüd·ə·rō′lak‚tōn]

(organic chemistry)

C₄H₆O₂ A liquid, the anhydride of butyric acid; used as a solvent in the manufacture of plastics.

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The substance - full name gamma butyrolactone is closely related to the banned gammahydroxybutrate (GHB) drug.

DRUG USERS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE; Students have lucky escape after drinking wheel cleaner

While GHB itself has not been sold over the counter in the United States since 1992, products containing gamma butyrolactone (GBL), a chemical converted in the body to GHB, still can be found in a number of dietary supplements sold in health food stores and gyms.

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Ephedra or Ephedrine DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) Melatonin Dieter's Teas L-Tryptophan Folic Acid Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB), Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL), and 1,4 Butanediol (BD)

Products that consumers inquire about. (U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)

One of the more worrisome analogues of GHB is a widely used chemical solvent, gamma butyrolactone (GBL).

Legal Chemicals Being Used for Date Rape

Some products that contain gamma butyrolactone (GBL) -- like Renewtrient, Revivarant, Blue Nitro and Gamma G -- are touted as performance enhancers.

Promotions for Kids' Dietary Supplements Leave Sour Taste

SOLVENT MIXTURES may contain small amounts of methylene chloride mixed with other solvents, or new nonflammable stripping agents such as n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and gamma butyrolactone.

Successful stripping

For example, the FDA recently issued warnings about the use of gamma butyrolactone (GBL) and sought to pressure suppliers into voluntarily recalling the product.

Herbal supplements may be dangerous

For example, FDA issued a January 1999 warning about illegally marketed and unapproved "dietary supplements" containing gamma butyrolactone (GBL).

Veterans Benefits

Gamma butyrolactone (GBL) is an unapproved drug, not a supplement, says the FDA.

Nibbles

Stay away from supplements containing gamma butyrolactone (GBL), warns the Food and Drug Administration.

Blue-Nitro: Unsafe

Gamma butyrolactone poisoning and its similarities to gamma hydroxybutyric acid: two case reports.

Adverse Events Associated with Ingestion of Gamma-Butyrolactone - Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas, 1998-1999

It is believed they had swallowed a chemical, possibly gamma butyrolactone - known more commonly as GBL.