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| | DEA Resources, Microgram Journal, Volume 1, January-June 2003- |
 | | Five of the twenty-four reagents examined at the first evaluation stage yielded a color reaction with at least one drug (see Table 2). |
 | | These were reagents E (mixture of 5-methoxy-1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-inden-2-ylidene) malononitrile and (2Z)-2-(5-methoxy-1,3-dioxo-1H-inden-2(3H)-ylidene) propanenitrile, F (3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylidene) malononitrile, H (4-chloro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole), K (5,6-dimethoxyninhydrin), and O (5-methoxyninhydrin). |
 | | Seven of the twenty-four compounds gave no visible reaction, and the remainder were rejected because of the development of intense background coloration. |
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