Morphine extraction in necrophagous insects remains for determining ante-mortem opiate intoxication.

Abstract:

:To study the potential use of insects remains as toxicological indicators, we measured morphine in desiccated entomological materials using a radioimmunoassay method (Coat-A-Count Serum Morphine, Dade Behring, France) following enzymatic hydrolysis.First, enzymatic cuticle extraction of morphine (pronase digestion preceded by a 2h incubation with a dithiothreitol solution) was performed on various substrates (Calliphoridae puparial cases and desiccated adults, and desiccated pupae of Dermestidae) which were then tested to identify possible interferences with the radioimmunoassay procedure. This same procedure was performed on puparial cases and desiccated adults of Lucilia sericata (Diptera, Calliphoridae) previously reared on minced meat containing various morphine concentrations. Morphine was detected only in cuticle powder from insects reared on meats containing 100 and 1000mg/kg. Higher concentrations were measured in puparial cases. Rearings on psoas from eight heroin overdose victims confirmed previous experimental results. Remains of necrophagous insects, particularly puparial cases, are often preserved for a long time, and consequently can serve as late alternative specimens for toxicological analysis when suitable tissues are not available.

journal_name

Forensic Sci Int

authors

Bourel B,Tournel G,Hedouin V,Deveaux M,Goff ML,Gosset D

doi

10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00428-5

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-08-15 00:00:00

pages

127-31

issue

1-2

eissn

0379-0738

issn

1872-6283

pii

S0379073801004285

journal_volume

120

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