title: Fly larvae and their relevance in forensic toxicology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tracqui
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boukhabza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chaumont
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D008728:Methotrimeprazine; D001960:Bromazepam