title: [Cantharidin and its detection in forensic toxicology].
abstract: Experimental detection of deadly toxic cantharidin C10H12O4 by chemical analysis was performed in imagoes of two species of cryptotoxic Meloidae beetles--Lytta vesicatoria and Mylabris variabilis. Samples were processed by extraction and sublimation and analyzed by gas chromatography. Graphic documentation proved the presence of cantharidin. A part of microcristalline sublimate was studied microscopically and determinant features of crystalline cantharidin were identified. Moreover, cantharidin levels in single body parts of the beetle were investigated.
authors: Soudnĕ lékarské oddĕlení SNsP, Ostrava.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dolný
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Buchtová
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Loyka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002193:Cantharidin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000737:chemistry*; D005554:Forensic Medicine
chemical_list: D002193:Cantharidin
vernacular_title: Cantharidin a jeho průkaz ve forenzní toxikologii.