PINK TEETH APPEARING AS A POST-MORTEM PHENOMENON

• NCJ Number: 13699
• Journal: Journal of the Forensic Science Society Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1973) Pages: 297-305
• Author(s): J A BEELEY; W HARVEY
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Forensic Science Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

RESULTS OF BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE NATURE OF THE POST-MORTEM OCCURRENCE OF PINK TEETH ARE DESCRIBED.

Abstract

SPECTRAL STUDIES AND ISO-ELECTRIC FOCUSING INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF HAEMOGLOBIN OR OTHER HAEM DERIVATIVES. THE PRESENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE WAS ALSO OBSERVED. IT IS SUGGESTED THIS UNSTABLE PINK COLORATION RESULTS FROM THE FORMATION OF A COMPLEX, POSSIBLY A HAEM-CARBON MONOXIDE COMPLEX, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE MORE STABLE CARBON-MONOXY -HAEMOGLOBIN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)