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What does ninhydrin mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines
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Measure out 225 mL of ethanol and add to ninhydrin.
In case ethambutol is present, stain the chromatoplate with ninhydrin for its detection.
Another common method involves ninhydrin, which works like invisible ink: when you douse paper with it, the chemical brings out any sweat that may have been left by fingertips.
Fixed-dose combination products containing also ethambutol would require staining with ninhydrin solution as this drug cannot be detected with UV light of any wavelenght whatsoever.
Standards were visualized by ninhydrin reagent and the chromatogram containing phosphorylated proteins was autoradiographed.
Total free amino acids in the leaf extracts and in the phloem exudate were analysed with the ninhydrin reagent.

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