title: Direct fluorometric determination of cyanide in human materials.
abstract: A detailed procedure of a new simple fluorometric assay for cyanide in human blood, stomach contents and urine is presented. This method requires neither diffusion nor distillation of cyanide from samples; small amounts of the samples were directly added to incubation mixtures, which were then heated at 80 degrees C for 45 min and acidified for fluorescence measurements. Our method is much more rapid than the previous ones. Some data are presented on specificity and sensitivity of the present method.
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids / Q000032:analysis*; D003486:Cyanides / Q000032:analysis*; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides