Detection of hydroquinone in a poisoning case.
A fatality due to the ingestion of photographic developer solution containing hydroquinone is described. Hydroquinone was extracted from autopsy materials and identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The concentration of hydroquinone in the urine, liver, and kidney were 3.4 micrograms/mL, 0.5 and 0.2 microgram/g, respectively.
Saito
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Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kojimahara
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Aoki
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Takeichi
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D002396:Catechols / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D062787:Drug Overdose; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002396:Catechols; D006873:Hydroquinones; C034221:catechol; C031927:hydroquinone