Forensic toxicological implication of acute fatal poisoning cases due to benfuracarb ingestion

Int J Legal Med. 1999;112(4):268-70. doi: 10.1007/s004140050247.

Abstract

We describe here three cases involving acute fatalities due to benfuracarb ingestion and the forensic toxicological implications. Benfuracarb, a carbamate insecticide and its main metabolite carbofuran, were detected using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS) after extraction with ethyl acetate and then quantified using gas chromatography (GC) equipped with NPD. The blood levels of benfuracarb and carbofuran were in the range of 0.30-2.32 microg/ml and 1.45-1.47 microg/ml, respectively. Benfuracarb was not detected in urine, but carbofuran was detected in the range of 0.53-2.66 microg/ml.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Benzofurans / analysis
  • Benzofurans / poisoning*
  • Carbofuran / analysis
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Female
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Humans
  • Insecticides / analysis
  • Insecticides / poisoning*
  • Male
  • Poisoning / diagnosis*
  • Suicide / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • beta-Alanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • beta-Alanine / analysis
  • beta-Alanine / poisoning

Substances

  • Benzofurans
  • Insecticides
  • beta-Alanine
  • benfuracarb
  • Carbofuran