Determination of efficacy of fingermark enhancement reagents; the use of propyl chloroformate for the derivatization of fingerprint amino acids extracted from paper

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-308

  Mink, Tineke ^a   Voorhaar, Annelies ^a   Stoel, Reinoud ^a   De Puit, Marcel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Fingerprint; Methodology; Performance; Research

Indexed keywords

1,8 DIAZAFLUOREN 9 ONE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NINHYDRIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROPYL CHLOROFORMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PAPER;

ENHANCEMENT; FINGERPRINT; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH;

AMINO ACIDS; AZA COMPOUNDS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORMATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NINHYDRIN; PAPER; SWEAT;

EID: 84881555795     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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