Highlighter will glow in UV light

Just that I am doing on something on luminescence. I saw a video where they use the chemical inside the highlighter and mix it in water. Then under UV light it will glow. I did not try out this experiment, but I just highlight a piece of paper with highlighter and see it under UV light (sometime people called it black light). True enough, it glows. So I can say if you extract out the chemical inside the highlighter and mix it in water it should be able to glow. Do give it a try and tell me whether I am correct.