| Dragendorff reagent | A reagent used in the detection of alkaloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Dragendorff's test | A qualitative test for bile; a play of colours is produced by adding a drop of nitric acid to white filter paper or unglazed porcelain, moistened with a fluid containing bile pigments. The test is essentially the same as Gmelin's test for bile in urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dragendorff, Georg | <person> German physician and pharmaceutical chemist, 1836-1898. See: Dragendorff's test. (05 Mar 2000) |