“…In this study, laser-induced molecular fluorescence was investigated for the analysis of intrinsically fluorescent compounds such as quinine sulfate, salicylic acid, carprofen (a carbazole derivative under development as an antiinflammatory agent) (17,18), 2-methoxy-ll-oxo-llH-pyrido[2,lb]quinazoline-8-carboxylic acid, under development as an antiallergy agent (19), and fluorescent derivatives of nonfluorescent compounds such as the quinazolinone produced by the photolysis of demoxepam (a metabolite of the anxiolytic, chlordiazepoxide) (20), the 9-acridanone derivative of flurazepam (a hypnotic) (21), and the fluorescamine (Fluram) derivative of amphetamine (22). The sensitivity limit of laser-induced fluorescence was either equal to or up to tenfold greater than that obtained by conventional spectrofluorometry for the compounds studied.…”