ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 7

Sulfide Concentrations in Postmortem Mammalian Tissues
Kimura, K
Professor and lecturers, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,

Kudo, K
Professor and lecturers, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,

Noda, M
Professor and lecturers, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,

Kage, S
Forensic chemist, Forensic Science Laboratory, Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters,

Nagata, T
Professor and lecturers, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,

(Received 24 April 1989; accepted 9 June 1989)

Abstract

Postmortem changes in sulfide concentrations in body tissues were examined in autopsied rats exposed to hydrogen sulfide concentrations of 550 to 650 ppm, and in nonexposed rats and humans. Analyses were made by gas chromatography, following an extractive alkylation. Sulfide concentrations in the blood, liver, and kidneys of rats increased in both the exposed and nonexposed groups, depending on the lapse of time after death. On the other hand, the lung, brain, and muscle showed little or no change in sulfide concentration with elapse of time after death. The data obtained from human tissues were almost the same as those for rats, except data for blood, in which no or little increase of sulfide was observed.

Keywords:
toxicology, hydrogen sulfide, extractive alkylation, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, postmortem change, body tissues, blood level, poisoning

Paper ID: JFS12876J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12876J
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