Citation

Heller PF, Goldberger BA, Caplan YH. Forensic Sci. Int. 1992; 52(2): 231-234.

Affiliation

Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1601354

Abstract

A case is presented where an individual ingested a fatal dose of chloral hydrate. Trichloroethanol (TCE), the metabolite of chloral hydrate, was initially identified by the Fujiwara reaction and quantified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in blood )127 mg/l), urine (128 mg/l) and stomach contents (25 mg total).

Language: en