Black and green tea - Luminol false-negative bloodstains detection

Science and Justice

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-105

  Bancirova, Martina ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Black tea; Bloodstain detection; False negative detection; Green tea; Luminol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; BLUESTAR; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LUMINOL; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOODSTAIN; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FOOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; TEA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; BLOOD STAINS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINOL; TEA;

EID: 84860886788     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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