Relationship between Electrical Conductivity and Decomposition Rate of Rat Postmortem Skeletal Muscle.
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.01.004
- Author:
Zhi Yuan XIA
1
;
Xian Dun ZHAI
1
;
Bei Bei LIU
1
;
Zhe ZHENG
1
;
Lin Lin ZHAO
1
;
Yao Nan MO
1
Author Information
1. School of Forensic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
decomposition rate;
electrical conductivity;
muscle, skeletal;
orensic pathology;
postmortem interval;
rats;
total volatile basic nitrogen
- MeSH:
Animals;
Autopsy;
Electric Conductivity;
Forensic Pathology;
Muscle, Skeletal/pathology*;
Nitrogen;
Postmortem Changes;
Rats;
Rats, Sprague-Dawley;
Time Factors
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2017;33(1):17-20
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To analyze the relationship among electrical conductivity （EC）, total volatile basic nitrogen （TVB-N）, which is an index of decomposition rate for meat production, and postmortem interval （PMI）. To explore the feasibility of EC as an index of cadaveric skeletal muscle decomposition rate and lay the foundation for PMI estimation.
METHODS:Healthy Sprague-Dawley rats were sacrificed by cervical vertebrae dislocation and kept at 28 ℃. Muscle of rear limbs was removed at different PMI, homogenized in deionized water and then skeletal extraction liquid of mass concentration 0.1 g/mL was prepared. EC and TVB-N of extraction liquid were separately determined. The correlation between EC (x₁) and TVB-N (x₂) was analyzed, and their regression function was established. The relationship between PMI (y) and these two parameters were studied, and their regression functions were separately established.
RESULTS:The change trends of EC and TVB-N of skeletal extraction liquid at different PMI were almost the same, and there was a linear positive correlation between them. The regression equation was x₂=0.14x₁-164.91(R²=0.982). EC and TVB-N of skeletal muscle changed significantly with PMI, and the regression functions were y=19.38x₁³-370.68x₁²+2 526.03 x₁-717.06(R²=0.994), and y=2.56x₂³-48.39x₂²+330.60x₂-255.04(R²=0.997), respectively.
CONCLUSIONS:EC and TVB-N of rat postmortem skeletal muscle show similar change trends, which can be used as an index for decomposition rate of cadaveric skeletal muscle and provide a method for further study of late PMI estimation.
