A case of fatal aconitine poisoning by Monkshood ingestion

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 491-494

  Pullela, Ravi ^a   Young, Lorraine ^b   Gallagher, Barry ^c   Avis, Simon P ^d   Randell, Edward W ^a,b,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

^c James Paton Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aconitine; Forensic science; Monkshood; Tandem mass spectrometry; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE;

ACONITUM; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BERRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

ACONITINE; ACONITUM; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 41149170271     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00647.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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