Aging studies on fingerprint residues using thin-layer and high performance liquid chromatography.
The chemical substances of perspiration found in latent fingerprint residue may hold the key for dating latent fingerprints. To study the chemical transformations of these components as a function of time and environment, fingerprint residues from four males and four females were analysed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Three major and two or three minor components were detected by both methods and the variation in the quantity of the major components with time was observed.
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons; D013542:Sweat / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors