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Dear Cathryn,
Do you suspect this reaction was discovered in the sink?

In case you are interested, there is a brief overview of various other
methods for isoniazid analysis (with references) about halfway down the
relevant "IPCS Inchchem" webpage:-

 http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/pharm/pim288.htm

Best wishes,
Les

> From: "Corns, Cathryn" <[log in to unmask]>

>
> I've recently been sent a paper by one of our Chest physicians [Use of
> the urine color test to monitor compliance with Isoniazid treatment of
> latent tuberculosis infection, Markus et al, Chest 2003; 123: 736-739]
>
> This uses a 'simple' urine test [Arkansas color test]
> ....
> It seems to use Chloramine-T, barbituric acid and KCN.
>

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