@article{ref1,
title="Detection of colchicine by means of LC-MS/MS after mistaking meadow saffron for bear's garlic",
journal="Forensic science, medicine, and pathology",
year="2006",
author="Wehner, Frank and Mußhoff, Frank and Schulz, Martin M. and Martin, David D. and Wehner, Heinz-Dieter",
volume="2",
number="3",
pages="193-197",
abstract="The accidental ingestion of plant material containing colchicines is a rare cause of lethal poisoning. The death of a married couple who mistook colchicines for Bear's garlic (Allium ursinum) and prepared the latter as a salad is the tragic topic of this article. After discussing the specificity of the histological findings, a chemicotoxicological method using liquid chromatographic mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) is presented. Toxicological analyses using LC-MS/MS revealed colchicine concentrations between 36.6 ng/mL and 98.3 ng/mL in the heart blood and between 22.7 ng/mL and 78.4 ng/mL in the femoral blood of the victims.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1547-769X",
doi="10.1007/s12024-006-0009-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-006-0009-7"
}