Ninhydrin as a universal screening tool for body fluids
Ninhydrin is one of the most widely used chemical reagents for the enhancement of latent fingerprint impressions on porous substrates^1-22. Ninhydrin (2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione) reacts with the amino acids most commonly encountered in the sweat of fingerprints, producing an intense purple color...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15318 |