Color reagents for drug detection - BOOKS?

[Refluxer]

Dear all,

I'm looking for a GOOD BOOK that describes both the production, mechanism and how to interpret the results of various color reagents. (Marquis, Mecke, Mandelin, p-DMAB, Duquenois-Levine, etc. You get what I'm talking about.)

Anyone got something to recommend?

 

[hussness]

www.eeel.nist.gov/oles/Publications/nij604-01.pdf

There is also an online subscription manual on detection of illegal drugs that you used to be able to get a trial subscription from cambridgesoft.com for, but I can't remember what the name was. Anyone know what book I'm talking about?

 

[Refluxer]

Hussness: Thanks for the link, but I already have it and I don't find it "highly technical" as they state in the foreword. I'm after a deeper discussion and I'd rather not dig into a hundred articles at the moment.

I'll post if I find something relevant.

 

[phase_dancer]

The following books have good info on preperation and use of spot test and TLC reagents. Bell has some good mechanism descriptions.

Forensic Chemistry
Suzanne Bell
ISBN: 0131478354 |
Publisher: Prentice Hall | Publication Date: 2005-07-21
Number Of Pages: 696

Handbook of Thin Layer Chromatography (Chromatographic Science)
Joseph Sherma, Bernard Fried. Eds
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Publication Date: 1996-03-14
Number Of Pages: 1104
ISBN: 0824794540

I have these and several other books on the subject. All were available online as e-books

Here's two papers that should give you something of what you're after.

Spot Tests- A Reference for Forensic Chemists

UN-Chemistry and design mechanism of rapid tests for drugs of abuse and precursor chemicals

More stuff available if anyone is interested.

 

[phase_dancer]

Not sure if this what hussness was refering to but Clarkes is a great reference, although many newer illicit drugs are not included. While you're not supposed to do it, I found that if you went hard, you can virtually download the whole book during the trial period.

Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons

 

[Refluxer]

Thanks phasedancer! I don't think I'll download it all during a trial. I'm looking to buy a book that is really good in the area of interest.

 

[phase_dancer]

I'm looking to buy a book that is really good in the area of interest.

If you find a good one that just covers presumptive tests, let me know.

Iirc, earlier print versions of Clarke's had color charts.