title: A color test for the convenient identification of an ingested surface activating agent.
abstract: Color tests are easy, simple and inexpensive methods for the qualitative identification of chemicals. A color test was applied to the stomach contents of a forensic autopsy case. The result of the test, using bromophenol blue reagent, indicated the ingestion of a commercial cleaning product containing a cationic surface activating agent. Our findings suggest that forensic investigators should consider the additives used in commercial chemical products, such as surface activating agents, when determining the cause of death.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Mostofa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: Ayaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumihashi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tobiume
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ameno
keywords: color test - surface activating agent - screening - stomach contents.