Citation

Tennakoon S, Perera B, Haturusinghe L. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2009; 11(1): S500-S502.

Affiliation

Government Analyst's Department, Independence Square, Colombo-07, Sri Lanka.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.033

PMID

19269215

Abstract

Carbofuran is a broad spectrum insecticide and nematicide which inhibits acetyl cholinesterase. Several intentional poisoning cases of animals and birds including crows, dogs, cow, and elephant, using carbofuran were reported in Sri Lanka. Qualitative analysis of carbofuran in biological specimens was carried out using T.L.C and GC-MS. The quantitative analysis was carried out by HPLC using Zorbax Eclips XDB-C18 (150x4.6mm I.Dx5mum particle size) column with acetonitrile: water 25:75v/v mobile phase and UV detection at 210nm [1]. The liquid-liquid extraction with chloroform was reproducible and sensitive. The procedure was validated in terms of linearity (0.996

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