Abstracto

Forensic Toxicology and Certain Substances that Affect Human Body

Pratap Singh

Toxicology is used in forensic toxicology along with other fields including clinical chemistry, analytical chemistry and pharmacology to support medical and legal inquiries into drug overdoses, poisonings and other fatalities. Forensic toxicology's main concerns are the acquisition and interpretation of results rather than the legal conclusion of the toxicological study or the technology used. Various types of samples can be subjected to a toxicological analysis. The context of an inquiry, in particular any physical symptoms noted and any evidence gathered at a scene of the crime that may focus the search such as pill bottles, powders, trace residue and any available substances, must be taken into account by a forensic toxicologist. The forensic toxicologist must ascertain which toxic substances are present in what amounts and the likely impact of those chemicals on the person given this knowledge and samples to work.