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Revista de Chimie (Rev. Chim.), Year 2017, Volume 68, Issue 12, 2948-2951

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013

Bianca Hanganu, Andreea Alexandra Velnic, Valentin Petre Ciudin, Dragos Crauciuc, Camelia Liana Buhas, Irina Smaranda Manoilescu, Laura Gheuca Solovastru, Beatrice Gabriela Ioan

The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses

Abstract:

The natural course of evolution of the human body after death includes autolysis, putrefaction and skeletonization. Under specific environmental conditions, the body may bypass this natural path, leading to preservation, such as saponification (adipocere), lignification, mummification or refrigeration, comprising the entire body or being limited only to some parts of it. All these preservation processes have a chemical substrate, and the identification of their components may be useful in many forensic circumstances, such as clandestine activity and identification of victims in mass disasters, when pentanoic, butanoic, hexanoic acid, butanoic acid-butyl ester, hexanoic acid-ethyl ester, indole, dimethyl disulphide may be used to train human remains detection dogs. The authors present the case of a 73 years old woman who was found dead in a sewage collection basin 4 months after her disappearance in July. The autopsy revealed a mixture of cadaveric processes, some parts being disintegrated, with putrefaction and skeletonization, while other parts were preserved by saponification: areas of adipocere were found on the neck, thorax and the anterior part of the abdomen. In some instances the saponification of the corpses makes identification possible and preserves violence marks, but the combination with putrefaction burdens these goals. The identification in this case was possible using the teeth formula, keeping in mind that tooth and bones are the most resistant to putrefaction. Even though saponification makes difficult the estimation of postmortem interval, investigations of its chemical composition may be useful in this direction, as the epicoprostanol-cholesterol ratio proved to increase with the increasing of postmortem interval.
Keywords:
saponification; death; environment; chemical processes; preservation

Issue: 2017, Volume 68, Issue 12
Pages: 2948-2951
Publication date: 2018/1/15
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013
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HANGANU, B., VELNIC, A.A., CIUDIN, V.P., CRAUCIUC, D., BUHAS, C.L., MANOILESCU, I.S., SOLOVASTRU, L.G., IOAN, B.G., The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses, Rev. Chim., 68(12), 2017, 2948-2951.

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Hanganu B, Velnic AA, Ciudin VP, Crauciuc D, Buhas CL, Manoilescu IS, Solovastru LG, Ioan BG. The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2017 Dec;68(12):2948-2951. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013


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Hanganu, B., Velnic, A.A., Ciudin, V.P., Crauciuc, D., Buhas, C.L., Manoilescu, I.S., Solovastru, L.G. & Ioan, B.G. (2017). The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses. Revista de Chimie, 68(12), 2948-2951. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013


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Hanganu, B., Velnic, A.A., Ciudin, V.P., Crauciuc, D., Buhas, C.L., Manoilescu, I.S., Solovastru, L.G., Ioan, B.G. (2017). 'The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses', Revista de Chimie, 68(12), pp. 2948-2951. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013


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B. Hanganu, A.A. Velnic, V.P. Ciudin, D. Crauciuc, C.L. Buhas, I.S. Manoilescu, L.G. Solovastru, B.G. Ioan, "The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses". Revista de Chimie, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 2948-2951, 2017. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013


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Bianca Hanganu, Andreea Alexandra Velnic, Valentin Petre Ciudin, Dragos Crauciuc, Camelia Liana Buhas, Irina Smaranda Manoilescu, Laura Gheuca Solovastru, Beatrice Gabriela Ioan,
The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 68, Issue 12,
2017,
Pages 2948-2951,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=6013)
Keywords: saponification; death; environment; chemical processes; preservation


RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses
A1 - Hanganu, Bianca
A2 - Velnic, Andreea Alexandra
A3 - Ciudin, Valentin Petre
A4 - Crauciuc, Dragos
A5 - Buhas, Camelia Liana
A6 - Manoilescu, Irina Smaranda
A7 - Solovastru, Laura Gheuca
A8 - Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
Y1 - 2017
VL - 68
IS - 12
SP - 2948
EP - 2951
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013
KW - saponification
KW - death
KW - environment
KW - chemical processes
KW - preservation
ER -


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@article{RevCh2017P2948,
author = {Hanganu Bianca and Velnic Andreea Alexandra and Ciudin Valentin Petre and Crauciuc Dragos and Buhas Camelia Liana and Manoilescu Irina Smaranda and Solovastru Laura Gheuca and Ioan Beatrice Gabriela},
title = {The Study of Natural Saponification Processes in Preservation of Human Corpses},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {68},
number = {12},
pages = {2948-2951},
year = {2017},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.6013},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=6013}
}
 
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