Gowda B K Charan, Sundharam B Sivapatha, Mahadesh Jyothi
Department of Oral Pathology, Sri Siddhartha Dental college, Tumkur, India.
Department of Oral Pathology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India.
J Forensic Dent Sci. 2014 Jan;6(1):3-8. doi: 10.4103/0975-1475.127763.
Forensic toxicology deals with the investigation of toxic substances, poisonous products or with the environmental chemicals. This field of science helps to identify poison substance and hazardous chemicals. Forensic toxicology deals with the way that substances are absorbed, distributed or eliminated in the body - the metabolism of substances. This paper reviews the manifestations that each poisonous substance presents concentrating toward the commonly used poisonous substance especially in India. It also explains the Indian Penal Code, which is main criminal code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law regarding poison.
法医毒理学涉及对有毒物质、有毒产品或环境化学品的调查。这一科学领域有助于识别有毒物质和有害化学品。法医毒理学研究物质在体内的吸收、分布或消除方式——物质的新陈代谢。本文回顾了每种有毒物质的表现,重点关注印度常用的有毒物质。它还解释了《印度刑法典》,这是旨在涵盖有关毒药的刑法所有实质性方面的主要刑法典。