Fly larvae and their relevance in forensic toxicology.
Toxicological analyses on a putrefied cadaver are sometimes difficult to perform because of the absence of blood and urine. In this study, fly larvae, being living material, are proposed as a new medium of investigation in forensic toxicology. Bromazepam and levomepromazine were identified and assayed in the remains of cerebral tissue, in the clavicle of a putrefied cadaver, and in the fly larvae found on and in the corpse.
Kintz
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P
Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
Tracqui
A
A
Ludes
B
B
Waller
J
J
Boukhabza
A
A
Mangin
P
P
Lugnier
A A
AA
Chaumont
A J
AJ
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D001960:Bromazepam / Q000032:analysis*; D002102:Cadaver; D002423:Cause of Death; D004175:Diptera / Q000032:analysis*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008728:Methotrimeprazine / Q000032:analysis*; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D008728:Methotrimeprazine; D001960:Bromazepam