From the Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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A colorimetric method for detection and assay of mustard gas in urine
after addition of thymolphthalein is reported. The detection limit was 80
ng/ml of llrine. Mustard gas could also be detected in urine after extraction
with gas chromatography using FID detector. The detection limit was 10
ng/ml.
In addition, thiodiglycol, a metabolite of mustard gas, could be
converted to mustard with concentrated HCl at 100°C and detected with gas
chromatography.