Abstract
The extraction of some illicit drugs with 95% ethanol and subsequent analysis on pre-coated thin layers of silica gel (E. Merck) made the tentative identification of some constituents of “street drugs” 1 1 The term “Street Drugs” refers to both legally and illegally manufactured drugs that are sold in the illicit street market and usually are of unknown composition. possible. Two detecting reagents were used, p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde and iodoplatinate. p-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde was used for the detection of lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, monomethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, and iodoplatinate for strychnine, mescaline, methamphetamine, amphetamine, phencyclidine. The thin-layer chromatograms derived characteristics of lysergic acid diethylamide and phencyclidine were unique, allowing for the relatively easy detection of these two compounds. The procedure is most useful for the rapid screening of illicit drugs for the presence or absence of the listed compounds. The unequivocal identity of these compounds is not established, but the procedure does permit tentative identification.
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