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22Coca Cocaine powder treated with sulphuric acid, heated + water à characteristic smell of
methylbenzoate
23Aswagandha X
24Cinchona - Drug powder + GAA + heat à purple vapors
- Thalleoquin test: Drug powder + Br soln + dilNH3 à Emerald green
- Quinidine solution + AgNO3 à White ppt
25Ipecac - 2.5g powdered drug + 20mL HCl + H2O à + 0.5g Pot.Chlorate à
Presence of yellow color to red after standing due to emetine.
- Emetine + H2SO4 + Sodium molybdate (frode’s reagent) à Bright
green color
26Opium - Presence of meconic acid test: added to water + FeCl3 à deep
reddish purple color
- Morphine when sprinkled on HNO3 gives orange-red color
- Morphine soln + Pot.ferricyanide and FeCl3 à bluish green color
- Papaverine in HCl gives a lemon yellow color with Pot. Ferri cyanide
27Ergot - Blue color with Van-Urks reagent (p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde)
- Red-violet color when treated with saturated solution of sodium
bicarbonate.
- Ergometrine, Blue fluroscence with water
- Specific-Ergotamine - + GAA + ethylacetate à H2SO4 à shaken well à
blue with reddish tinge color appears
28Rauwolfia - Red coloration along the medullary rays is observed when freshly
fractured surface is treated with conc HNO3
- Reserpine shows violet color when treated with solution of vanillin in
acetic acid.
29Vinca X
30Nux-vomica - T.S stained with ammonium vanadate/Sulphuric acid Manddin’s
reagent. Endospermic cells become purple due to the presence of strychnine.
- T.S stained with HNO3 conc. Endospemic cells take yellow color due
to presence of brucine
- Strychnine with H2SO4 and Pot. Dichromate gives violet color which
turns red and finally yellow.
31Pilocarpus Pilocarpine solution + H2O2 + Benzene + PotChromate àShake à Bluish-violet color
(org) and Yellow color (Aqueous)
32Kurchi X
33Ephedra Ephedrine dissolved in water + dil HCl, treated seperately with CuSO4, NaOH à Violet
color à shaken with ether à Organic layer purple – aqueous layer blue
34Colchicum - Gives Yellow Color with 70% H2SO4
- Alc solution of colchicine + FeCl3 à Red color
35Solanum
36Coffee Caffeine gives murexide color reaction: Caffeine + HCl + Pot Chlorate are added
and heated to dryness. à purple color (when exposed to vapours of dil NH3)
Caffeine gives white ppt with tannic acid.
37Tea X
38Gambir - (Catechin) Drug + HCl + Vanillin à Pink / Red color
- Test for gambier fluorescin: drug is extracted with Alc à + NaOH +
light petroleum à Green fluorescence
- Drug + chloroform >> filtered in porcelein dish >> evaporated >>
greenish yellow (chlorophyll)
- Catechin + HCl à flame similar to catechu black (Match stick test)
39Black catechu - (Catechin) Drug + HCl + Vanillin à Pink / Red color
- Catechin + HCl à Phloroglucinolà purple / magneta coor
- Aq. Extract of catechu + lime water à Brown Color
- Drug + FAS à Green Color + NaOH à Purple color
40Myrobalan X
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