Identification of street drugs by thin-layer chromatography and a single visualization reagent.
TCBI has been shown to be an extremely sensitive visualizer that gives a wide variety of colors with the drugs of abuse.  The combination of TCBI as a visualization reagent and manual TLC, using flexible silica gel sheets, can provide a rapid means for the preliminary identification of street drugs.
D000661:Amphetamine / Q000032:analysis; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000032:analysis; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006801:Humans; D007097:Imines; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009294:Narcotics / Q000032:analysis*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000032:analysis; D011809:Quinones; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D001463:Barbiturates; D007097:Imines; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009294:Narcotics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010640:Phenothiazines; D011809:Quinones; D000661:Amphetamine