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Identification of atractyloside by LC-ESI-MS in alleged herbal poisonings
P A Steenkamp1, N M Harding, F R van Heerden
1Biosciences, CSIR, Private Bag X 2, Modderfontein 1645, South Africa. psteenkamp@csir.co.za
Forensic Science International
|December 27, 2005
Abstract:
An LC-MS screening method was developed to detect the presence of atractyloside (ATR), the toxic principle of a commonly used medicinal plant in South Africa, Callilepis laureola, in biological matrices such as body fluids and human viscera.
