Journal Published Online: 01 May 1991
Volume 36, Issue 3

Postmortem Determination of the Biological Distribution of Formic Acid in Methanol Intoxication

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Two 25-year-old men were fatally intoxicated with methanol. The formic acid levels in their blood, urine, and organs were determined postmortem by headspace gas chromatography. The postmortem concentrations of formic acid in the two patients were the following: 0.32 and 0.23 mg/mL in blood, 2.27 and 0.47 mg/mL in urine, 0.11 and 1.17 mg/g in the brain, 0.54 and 0.51 mg/g in the liver, and 0.13 and 1.19 mg/g in the kidneys. The total amounts of formic acid in the gastric contents were 108 and 23.2 mg.

Author Information

Tanaka, E
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Honda, K
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Horiguchi, H
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Misawa, S
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13107J