Citation

Zhai D, Agrawalla BK, Eng PS, Lee SC, Xu W, Chang YT. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49(55): 6170-6172.

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry and MedChem Program, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543. chmcyt@nus.edu.sg.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry)

DOI

10.1039/c3cc43153c

PMID

23728479

Abstract

The first fluorescent sensor for an illicit date rape drug, GBL, was developed and named . It shows high fluorescence enhancement to GBL and allows its detection in different drinks. The mechanism between GBL and was explored. This discovery may help to prevent the drug-facilitated sexual assault problems.

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