Effects of Methamphetamine on the Development and Its Determination in Aldrichina grahami (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
| Autor: | Changquan Zhang, Yanjie Shang, Yadong Guo, Wei Chen, Lipin Ren, Jiang Ling, Shiwen Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Forensic Entomology
Male Veterinary medicine Aldrichina grahami 01 natural sciences Methamphetamine 03 medical and health sciences Calliphoridae 0302 clinical medicine medicine Animals 030216 legal & forensic medicine Larva General Veterinary biology fungi 010401 analytical chemistry Pupa biology.organism_classification 0104 chemical sciences Pmi estimation Infectious Diseases Insect Science Instar Central Nervous System Stimulants Female Parasitology Rabbits medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 57:691-696 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jme/tjz239 |
| Popis: | Age determination of necrophagous flies serves as an important tool for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation in forensic investigations. Drugs or toxins in cadavers may alter the developmental time of larvae, and lead to deviation in PMI estimation. Methamphetamine (MA), as one of the most abused psychostimulant drugs in Asia and North America, is often involved in forensic entomotoxicological cases. This study investigated the effects of MA (0, 45, 90, and 180 ng/mg) on the developmental rate, morphology, and survival of Aldrichina grahami (Aldrich, 1930). The results showed that 1) the developmental time to reach the pupal instar was statistically slower for the larvae reared on rabbit mince containing MA than for the control; 2) the mean length of the larvae exposed to MA concentrations was longer than those of the control; 3) the mean weight of the pupae exposed to the highest concentration of MA was significantly lighter than those of the control; 4) the GC–MS method can detect the content of MA in A. grahami immatures and empty puparia (EP). |
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