A quantitative comparison between using sodium hypochlorite as a digestion method for the diatom test and the conventional method using fuming nitric acid.
Alternative digestion method
Diatom test
Drowning
Forensic pathology
Sodium hypochlorite
Journal
Forensic science international
ISSN: 1872-6283
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Int
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 7902034
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
10
08
2021
revised:
23
09
2021
accepted:
25
10
2021
pubmed:
9
11
2021
medline:
9
11
2021
entrez:
8
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To determine the efficacy of using sodium hypochlorite (NaClO, Purelox) as a simple and rapid alternative digestion method for the diatom test through a quantitative comparison with the conventional method that uses fuming nitric acid (HNO In experiment 1, using 30 water samples, the NaClO and HNO The NaClO method was completed within 80 min for any sample. In experiment 1, there was no significant difference between the NaClO and HNO Using NaClO as a simple and rapid digestion method for diatom testing of water samples would be an excellent alternative to conventional methods. Although the method's diatom detection rate for the lung samples was not optimal, it was still shown to be a feasible method.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34749279
pii: S0379-0738(21)00406-0
doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.111086
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111086Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interest None.