Belladonna Or Nightshade Case Study

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I received a call from my fellow partners about the case. The suspect had died when i received him. However, there was something extremely weird about the death of my patient. He did not just die from being shot, there was more to the bullet that met the eye. It was from there i decided to identify what exactly the bullet had been laced with, and how our patients death came to be.

The first steps that were taken was the identification process. A urine sample was obtained. An LC-MS test was performed on our patient to identify anything that was ingested to be the cause of death in addition to the bullet wound; however, the test came negative.liquid-chromatography-and-mass-spectrometrylcms-7-638[1]

We continued onto the blood portion of our …show more content…

Belladonna relaxes the smooth muscles of the internal organs and inhibits or dries up secretions (e.g., perspiration, mucous, breast milk, and saliva). …show more content…

To find out more we used quantification methods to find the amount used in our victim. The alkaline metal in Belladonna is Atropine or C17H23NO3. Atropine is what causes the affects seen in Belladonna. The more of the plant, the mimgsrv[1]ore poison in the body. "Excessive dosing may cause palpitation, dilated pupils, difficulty in swallowing, hot dry skin, thirst, dizziness, restlessness, tremor, fatigue and ataxia. Toxic doses lead to restlessness and excitement, hallucinations, delirium and coma. Depression and circulatory collapse occur only with severe intoxication. In such cases, blood pressure declines and death due to respiratory failure may ensue following paralysis and coma." It is possible for our victim to have been injected with the Belladonna which would support the presence of the substance in the victim. I took a solution of Atropine sulfate monohydrate in water and made it for the injection with sodium chloride. This was to ensure that it rendered to the solution isotonic. I measured 0.1 mg of Atropine sulfate monohydrate = 0.0839 mg of pure atropine and 9mg of sodium chloride. Through this a powder was formed, and i was able to find the solubility and the speed of its dissolving in a liquid substance which was similar to that of blood. However, The amounts given in an injection sample did not match those in the

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