Microcrystal Tests for Detection of Nicotine in Hookah Bar Samples

Authors

  • Falguni Patel  Research Scholar, National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Astha Pandey  Assistant Professor, Institute of Forensic Science, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Micro-Crystal Tests, Small Cubic And Spherical Crystals ,Mercuric Chloride, Barium Nitrate, Picric Acid, Microcrystalline Test , NDPS Drugs , TLC, Chloroplatinic Acid

Abstract

Microcrystalline test is hardly used in forensic science laboratory for the confirmation of drug or alkaloids present in the plants. Therefore an attempt was made to identify and confirm the presence of nicotine in hookah bar samples. Hookah bar samples are rampantly available in the market whose consumption has been found to be harmful to the youngsters and adults. Microcrystalline tests have been conducted for drugs like cocaine, morphine etc but neither on nicotine samples nor hookah bar samples it was done. Thus this study was done after performing the color tests and was found to be successful for the detection of alkaloids by microcrystal method and its sensitivity was found to be greater when compared to color tests.

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2015-06-29

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Falguni Patel, Astha Pandey, " Microcrystal Tests for Detection of Nicotine in Hookah Bar Samples, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.37-41, May-June-2015.