title: Detection of colchicine by means of LC-MS/MS after mistaking meadow saffron for bear's garlic.
abstract: The accidental ingestion of plant material containing colchicines is a rare cause of lethal poisoning. The death of a married couple who mistook colchicines for Bear's garlic (Allium ursinum) and prepared the latter as a salad is the tragic topic of this article. After discussing the specificity of the histological findings, a chemicotoxicological method using liquid chromatographic mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) is presented. Toxicological analyses using LC-MS/MS revealed colchicine concentrations between 36.6 ng/mL and 98.3 ng/mL in the heart blood and between 22.7 ng/mL and 78.4 ng/mL in the femoral blood of the victims.
authors: Institute for Legal Medicine Tübingen, Nägelestraße 5, D-72074, Tübingen, Germany, frank.wehner@uni-tuebingen.de.
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Wehner
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Mußhoff
authors: Martin M
authors: MM
authors: Schulz
authors: David D
authors: DD
authors: Martin
authors: Heinz-Dieter
authors: HD
authors: Wehner