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  • Spray reagent for the detection of amino acids on thin layer chromatography plates.

Spray reagent for the detection of amino acids on thin layer chromatography plates.

Amino acids (1993-02-01)
B Basak, U K Bhattacharyya, S Laskar
ABSTRACT

A spray reagent for easy identification of amino acids on thin-layer chromatography plates has been introduced. The reagent is capable of developing various distinguishable colours with many of them. A probable mechanism for such colour formation has also been proposed.

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5-Sulfosalicylic acid dihydrate, ACS reagent, ≥99%