Death due to consumption of ibogaine: case report Tập 17 - Trang 126-129 - 2021
Tijana Aćimović, Tatjana Atanasijević, Kristina Denić, Vera Lukić, Vesna Popović, Milenko Bogdanović
Ibogaine is a psychotropic indole alkaloid extracted from the roots of the Tabernanthe iboga shrub from the Apocynaceae family. Depending on the taken dose, it can lead to stimulant effects, euphoria, visual and auditory hallucinations, along with auditory, olfactory, and gustatory synesthesia. In addition to its historical usage in spiritual rituals of African tribes, these days iboga extract pre...... hiện toàn bộ
Detecting DNA damage in stored blood samples Tập 19 Số 1 - Trang 50-59
Kristina Schulze Johann, Hannah Bauer, Peter Wiegand, Heidi Pfeiffer, Marielle Vennemann
AbstractSeveral commercially available quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) systems enable highly sensitive detection of human DNA and provide a degradation index (DI) to assess DNA quality. From routine casework in forensic genetics, it was observed that DNA degradation in forensic samples such as blood samples stored under sub-optimal conditions leads to visible eff...... hiện toàn bộ
Microbiology and postmortem interval: a systematic review
Bruna Moitas, Inês Morais Caldas, Benedita Sampaio‐Maia
AbstractThis systematic review aims to learn if and how it is possible to use the human microbiome to indicate the time elapsed after death. Articles were searched on the PubMed database using predefined data fields and keywords; reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses were excluded. The final selection included 14 papers (out of 144). The results indicated ...... hiện toàn bộ