Dual fingerprint reagents with enhanced sensitivity: 5-Methoxy- and 5-methylthioninhydrin

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-368

  Almog, Joseph ^a   Klein, Asne ^a   Davidi, Inbal ^a   Cohen, Yaron ^b   Azoury, Myriam ^b   Levin Elad, Michal ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

5 methoxyninhydrin; 5 methylthioninhydrin; Cadmium chloride; DFO; Dual fingerprint reagents; Fingerprint reagents; Forensic science; Genipin; Ninhydrin; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYNINHYDRIN; 5 METHOXYTHIONINHYDRIN; 5 METHYLTHIONINHYDRIN; AMINO ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GENIPIN; GLYCINE; LIQUID NITROGEN; NINHYDRIN; REAGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NINHYDRIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 41149126811     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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