Forensic Science International 1999-04-12

Acute fatal poisoning cases due to furathiocarb ingestion.

S K Lee, K Ameno, S W In, W K Yang, K S Koo, Y C Yoo, T Kubota, S Ameno, I Ijiri

Index: Forensic Sci. Int. 101(1) , 65-70, (1999)

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Abstract

Seven cases involving acute fatalities due to ingestion of furathiocarb, a carbamate insecticide, are presented. Furathiocarb was detected in the gastric contents using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS), and quantified in the blood using a gas chromatograph equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD). The fatal levels of furathiocarb in the blood ranged from 0.1 to 21.6 micrograms/ml.