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Duanting Zhai1, Bikram Keshari Agrawalla, Pei Sze Fronia Eng
1Department of Chemistry and MedChem Program, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|June 4, 2013
Abstract:
The first fluorescent sensor for an illicit date rape drug, GBL, was developed and named Green Date. It shows high fluorescence enhancement to GBL and allows its detection in different drinks. The mechanism between GBL and Green Date was explored. This discovery may help to prevent the drug-facilitated sexual assault problems.
