1Dept of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Ihstitute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029
2AIPS, Amity University Campus, Sector -125, Noida -201101
3Dept of Forensic Medicine, VMMC SJH, New Delhi-110009
*Corresponding Author: Dr. AK Jaiswal Email: akjtoxl@yahoo.com
Online published on 12 June, 2014.
Tranquilisers are drugs which relieve anxiety andmental tension without producing drowsiness. Inforensic autopsy case, the forensic pathologist may require a complete toxicological investigation for different poisons including antibiotics. In India, Forensic Science Laboratories run by Government under the Home ministry usually carry out this. The samples have to be analyzed by the forensic toxicologist/chemists/scientist. This article deals with the screening/spot test for antibiotics. It attempts to simplify the standard procedures in a step-wise manner, which can be of handy reference for the forensic toxicologist. It is in continuation to toxicology manual series article -XIV; screening/spot test of Alkaloids volume 13, No. 3, January to March 2011.
Tranquilisers, Screening, Spot test, Colortestetc
