US 11,808,775 B2
Cathinone test
Shanlin Fu, Ultimo (AU); Morgan Philp, Ultimo (AU); and Ronald Shimmon, Ultimo (AU)
Assigned to University of Technology Sydney
Appl. No. 16/763,086
Filed by University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo (AU)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/AU2018/051221
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/095011, PCT Pub. Date May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017904618 (AU), filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0348320 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. G01N 33/94 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/52 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/94 (2013.01) [G01N 33/1813 (2013.01); G01N 33/52 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of detecting the presence of a cathinone moiety in a sample, the method comprising the steps of contacting the sample with a solution comprising neocuproine, a source of copper(II) and an alkali metal catalyst to catalyse the formation of a cathinone neocuproine complex and observing a colour change, where present, that correlates with the presence of cathinone, and wherein the method takes place at environmental temperature.