title: Spray reagent for the detection of amino acids on thin layer chromatography plates.
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.
authors.affiliation: Natural Product Laboratory, Chemistry Department, The University of Burdwan, 713 104, Burdwan, W. Bengal, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laskar