ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 7

A Case of Fatal Rotenone Poisoning in a Child
De Wilde, A-R
Pharmacist and head, State University of Ghent,

Heyndrickx, A
Pharmacist and head, State University of Ghent,

Carton, D
Pediatrician, University Hospitals,

(Received 29 May 1985; accepted 6 January 1986)

Abstract

A case of a fatal rotenone poisoning in a three-and-a-half-year-old girl is described. The case report and autopsy findings are mentioned. For the extraction of rotenone out of biological samples, a solvent partitioning and silica gel open column chromatographic cleanup procedure has been used. The determination of rotenone was performed by high pressure liquid chromatography.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, rotenone, poisons, chromatographic analysis

Paper ID: JFS11931J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11931J
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