Fly Larvae: A New Toxicological Method of Investigation in Forensic Medicine

1990/01/01 by Pascal Kintz, P Kintz, B. Godelar +7 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Veterinary · #Animal testing and alternatives #Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies #Insect behavior and control techniques

paper · doi:10.1520/jfs12821j

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Abstract

Toxicological analyses on a putrefied cadaver are sometimes difficult to achieve because of the absence of blood and urine. In this study, maggots, living material, are proposed as a new medium of investigation in forensic medicine. Five drugs (triazolam, oxazepam, phenobarbital, alimemazine, and clomipramine) were identified and assayed in some tissues of a putrefied cadaver and in the maggots found on and in the body.

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