Distribution of Aconitum alkaloids in autopsy cases of aconite poisoning

Forensic Science International

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Niitsu, Hisae ^a   Fujita, Yuji ^a   Fujita, Sachiko ^a   Kumagai, Reiko ^a   Takamiya, Masataka ^a   Aoki, Yasuhiro ^b   Dewa, Koji ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aconitine; Aconitum alkaloids; Fatal poisoning; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

14 ANISOYLACONINE; ACONITINE; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZOYLACONINE; BENZOYLHYPACONINE; BENZOYLMESACONINE; DICLOFENAC; ESTAZOLAM; ETIZOLAM; HYPACONITINE; JESACONITINE; MESACONITINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITE; ACONITE POISONING; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACONITUM; ALKALOIDS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SUICIDE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84875629907     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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