1. [Cantharidin and its detection in forensic toxicology].
- Author
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Dolný A, Buchtová M, and Loyka S
- Subjects
- Animals, Cantharidin toxicity, Chromatography, Gas, Forensic Medicine, Cantharidin analysis, Coleoptera chemistry
- Abstract
Experimental detection of deadly toxic cantharidin C10H12O4 by chemical analysis was performed in imagoes of two species of cryptotoxic Meloidae beetles--Lytta vesicatoria and Mylabris variabilis. Samples were processed by extraction and sublimation and analyzed by gas chromatography. Graphic documentation proved the presence of cantharidin. A part of microcristalline sublimate was studied microscopically and determinant features of crystalline cantharidin were identified. Moreover, cantharidin levels in single body parts of the beetle were investigated.
- Published
- 1992