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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
卷 343, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111547
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Forensic taphonomy; Time since death; Decomposition chemistry; GC-MS; MS; Textiles
Determining the post-mortem interval (PMI) is crucial in complex death investigations involving human remains. It can greatly assist in reconstructing forensically relevant events surrounding the death. However, due to the complexities of decomposition, PMI determination can still be challenging in some cases. Therefore, identifying biomarkers of human decomposition is an emerging and essential area of research.
The ability to determine the post-mortem interval (PMI) in complex death investigations involving human remains, is a vital task faced by law enforcement. Establishing the PMI in a case can significantly aid in the reconstruction of forensically relevant events surrounding that death. However, due to the complexities surrounding the decomposition of human remains, the determination of the PMI still remains a challenge in some cases. Thus, the identification of biomarkers of human decomposition are an emerging, and essential, area of research. Previous studies have also demonstrated great success in the use of textiles as a host to indirectly capture decomposition by-products. This study reports the successful adaptation and optimisa-tion of an analytical chemical workflow for the targeted analysis of lipids from textiles associated with decomposing human remains using gas-chromatography (GC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). This study discusses novel information regarding the complex challenges of matrix effects ob-served with decomposition samples. In addition, the first lipid profiles obtained from textiles associated with two decomposing human donors from the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) using GC-MS/MS are presented.(c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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