Adipocere formation via hydrogenation of linoleic acid in a victim kept under dry concealment

Forensic Science International

Volumn 175, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 160-165

  Nushida, Hideyuki ^a   Adachi, Junko ^a   Takeuchi, Atsuko ^b   Asano, Migiwa ^a   Ueno, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 Hydroxyoctadecanoic acid; Adipocere; cis 12 Octadecenoic acid; Human; Hydrogenation

Indexed keywords

10 HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGENATION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VICTIM;

EID: 38849115017     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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