Biochemical pathways generating post-mortem volatile compounds co-detected during forensic ethanol analyses

Forensic Science International

Volumn 174, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 133-151

  Boumba, Vassiliki A ^a   Ziavrou, Kallirroe S ^a   Vougiouklakis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetone; Alcohol; Butanol; Ethanol; Fatty acids; Fermentation; Internal standard; Post mortem; Propanol; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BUTANEDIOL; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID; PENTANOL; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; THREONINE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERMENTATION; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LITERATURE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YEAST;

EID: 37649010506     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.018     Document Type: Review

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