Postmortem changes in cytochrome c oxidase activity in various organs of the rat and in human heart

Forensic Science International

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a   Hatanaka, Kazuhito ^a   Sakurada, Koichi ^a   Matsuda, Yukimasa ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiko ^a   Takatori, Takehiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Postmortem change

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INDICATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0033963152     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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