title: DNA profiling of bloodstains on linen pretreated with remedies used for cleaning and maintaining clothes.
abstract: Linen was pretreated with 20 remedies for cleaning and maintaining clothes and 20 microliters blood was applied on each sample and dried. Restriction enzyme digest of bloodstain DNA was irregularly inhibited by highly concentrated residues of 2 detergents and a stain-remover and colour-brightener. An additional dialysis step to purify DNA (Gill 1987) reliably prevented disturbance. High molecular DNA was obtained in every case and bandshifts were not observed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Weisser
mesh_terms: D001512:Bedding and Linens; D001769:Blood; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000592:standards*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D003902:Detergents / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007846:Laundering / Q000379:methods*; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes