Lindsey Tania, O'Hara Joseph, Irvine Rebecca, Kerrigan Sarah
New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division, Toxicology Bureau, Albuquerque 87196-4700, USA.
J Anal Toxicol. 2004 Mar;28(2):135-7. doi: 10.1093/jat/28.2.135.
A 52-year-old male was discovered supine on his bed in a state of early decomposition. Commercial strychnine-treated gopher pellets were found in the home, and suicide notes were present at the scene. Biological fluids and tissues were tested for basic, acidic, and neutral drugs using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Concentrations of strychnine in heart and femoral blood were 0.96 and 0.31 mg/L, respectively. Vitreous fluid, bile, urine, liver, and brain specimens contained 0.36 mg/L, 1.17 mg/L, 2.92 mg/L, 4.59 mg/kg, and 0.86 mg/kg strychnine, respectively. No other drugs were detected in any of the samples. The cause of death was attributed to rodenticide poisoning, and the manner of death was suicide.
一名52岁男性被发现仰卧在床上，处于早期腐败状态。家中发现了用商业马钱子碱处理过的地鼠药粒，现场有遗书。使用气相色谱-质谱法对生物体液和组织进行了碱性、酸性和中性药物检测。心脏和股动脉血液中的马钱子碱浓度分别为0.96毫克/升和0.31毫克/升。玻璃体液、胆汁、尿液、肝脏和脑组织样本中的马钱子碱含量分别为0.36毫克/升、1.17毫克/升、2.92毫克/升、4.59毫克/千克和0.86毫克/千克。在任何样本中均未检测到其他药物。死亡原因归因于灭鼠剂中毒，死亡方式为自杀。
