Impact of paracetamol on Calliphora vicina larval development.
This paper demonstrates that blowfly larval development is slightly impacted by paracetamol if present in the rearing foodstuff particularly during days 2-4 of development. Since paracetamol and similar analgesic drugs are involved in a large number of overdose deaths each year this information is of importance where blowfly growth is used to estimate the minimum postmortem interval.
O'Brien
Claire
C
Department of Life Sciences, Forensic Science Unit, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building 150 Stamford St., SE1 9NN, London, UK.
Turner
Bryan
B
D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000082:Acetaminophen