TLDR Minoxidil detects nitrite in water, creating a simple, cheap test.
This paper presents a colorimetric experiment for detecting nitrite in water using minoxidil as a reagent. Minoxidil is a drug used to treat hair loss and produces a yellow product when reacted with nitrite in acidic media. The experiment is simple, inexpensive, and suitable for environmental, food, and physiological analytical applications. The authors suggest that the experiment can be used as a pedagogical tool to enhance students' curiosity, prediction capacity, and creativity.
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