Determination of glycyrrhetic acid after consumption of liquorice and application to a fatality

Forensic Science International

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Albermann, M E ^a   Musshoff, F ^a   Hagemeier, L ^a   Madea, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatality; Glycyrrhetic acid; LC MS MS; Liquorice

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIABETIC COMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77950301335     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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