PRACTICAL- Forensic Toxicology

Paper Code: 
CFRS 613
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

CO 1: The significance of toxicological studies in forensic science.

CO 2: The classification of poisons and their modes of actions.

CO 3: The absorption of poisons in body fluids.

CO 4: The forensic identification of illicit liquors.

CO 5: The classification and characteristics of the narcotics, drugs and psychotropic substances.

CO 6: The menace of designer drugs.

CO 7: The methods of identifying narcotic, drugs and psychotropic substances.

 

LAB EXPERIMENTS:

  1. To identify biocides.

  2. To identify metallic poisons.

  3. To identify organic poisons.

  4. To identify ethyl alcohol.

  5. To identify methyl alcohol.

  6. To carry out quantitative estimation of ethyl alcohol.

  7. To prepare iodoform.

  8. To identify drugs of abuse by spot tests.

  9. To perform color tests for barbiturates.

  10. To separate drugs of abuse by thin layer chromatography.

 

Essential Readings: 

  • Gautam Biswas, Review of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 4th Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

  • K S Narayan Reddy, The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 34th Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

  • J P Modi, A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, Lexis Nexis

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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