Blood carbofuran concentrations in suicidal ingestion cases.
We describe four fatal cases due to ingestion of carbofuran, a carbamate insecticide. Carbofuran was detected in the gastric contents using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS), and quantified in the blood using a gas chromatograph equipped with nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD). Fatal concentrations of carbofuran in blood ranged from 0.32 to 11.6 microg/ml.
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Department of Forensic Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan. amenok@kms.ac.jp
Lee
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Yang
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Yoo
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Ameno
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Kubota
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Kinoshita
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Ijiri
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D000328:Adult; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning; D002235:Carbofuran / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide; D013534:Survival; D015091:beta-Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning
D001572:Benzofurans; D007306:Insecticides; D015091:beta-Alanine; C096128:benfuracarb; D002235:Carbofuran