QUANTITATION OF POSTMORTEM PROFENOFOS LEVELS

Authors
SENO H HATTORI H KUMAZAWA T ISHII A WATANABE K SUZUKI O
Citation
H. Seno et al., QUANTITATION OF POSTMORTEM PROFENOFOS LEVELS, Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology, 36(1-2), 1998, pp. 63-65
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
Journal title
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07313810
Volume
36
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0731-3810(1998)36:1-2<63:QOPPL>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Case Report: An 88-year-old woman was found dead, and suicidal ingesti on of profenofos, an organophosphate pesticide, was suspected. Method: Gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus detection was employed for qua ntitation of profenofos after its identification by gas chromatography /mass spectrometry. Results: The levels of profenofos in whole blood, urine, and gastric contents were 1200 ng, 350 ng, and 3.35 mg/mL, resp ectively.