title: [Changes in the amount of prostaglandin F2 alpha in incision wounds of the skin with different time intervals after injury].
abstract: A radioimmunological method is presented for the determination of the quantity of prostaglandin F2 alpha in cut wounds on the skin of guinea pigs. Rapidly increasing quantities of prostaglandin F2 alpha can be found in skin cuts, and the level reaches 71 ng/g within the 1st hour after the injury. In the postmortem period, the quantities calculated in the cuts while the animals were still alive gradually decreased and reached a value of 17 ng/g in the 6th h after death. In postmortem cuts, inflicted in the 8th h after death, the prostaglandin was 14-18 ng/g. In later postmortem cuts the quantity was about 9-10 ng/g. Establishing the dynamics of the quantitative changes permits investigation of the prostaglandin to be used to certify whether the victim was alive or not, as well as when the skin damage was inflicted.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Gerichtsmedizin am Medizinischen Hochschulinstitut in Varna, Bulgarien.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lasarov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franzova
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Russeva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015237:Dinoprost; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000378:metabolism; D014945:Wound Healing; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011460:Prostaglandins F; D015237:Dinoprost
vernacular_title: Veränderungen in der Menge des Prostaglandins F2 alpha bei Schnittwunden der Haut mit verschiedener Zeitdauer ihres Bestehens.