- Blood carbofuran concentrations in suicidal ingestion cases.
Blood carbofuran concentrations in suicidal ingestion cases.
Forensic science international (2000-12-19)
K Ameno, S K Lee, S W In, J Y Yang, Y C Yoo, S Ameno, T Kubota, H Kinoshita, I Ijiri
PMID11118755
ABSTRACT
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.