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Nitroprusside-ferricyanide solution

ExistenceGuest - 27-8-2008 at 09:44

it used to detect guanidine in blood & urine, paper from J. Exp. Biol. sci said the color is adduct between the guanidine& oxidation pdt of nitroprusside . anyone have an referenced equation for this Rx

phase_dancer - 15-10-2008 at 21:01

This might be of some help. It describes the proposed reaction between Simons (nitroprusside and acetaldehyde) and a secondary amine.

Taken from Forensic Chemistry by Suzanne Bell

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