Quantitation of postmortem profenofos levels.
METHODS
An 88-year-old woman was found dead, and suicidal ingestion of profenofos, an organophosphate pesticide, was suspected.


METHODS
Gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus detection was employed for quantitation of profenofos after its identification by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.


RESULTS
The levels of profenofos in whole blood, urine, and gastric contents were 1200 ng, 350 ng, and 3.35 mg/mL, respectively.
Seno
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H
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. sn0220@akiha.hama-med.ac.jp
Hattori
H
H
Kumazawa
T
T
Ishii
A
A
Watanabe
K
K
Suzuki
O
O
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D012015:Reference Standards; D013405:Suicide
D007306:Insecticides; D063086:Organothiophosphates; C024273:profenofos