FSC510:FORENSIC CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY

L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: study the fundamental of forensic chemistry and different types of test

CO2 :: discuss the historical prespective and standard terminology of forensic toxicology

CO3 :: establish the classification of poisons based on their physiological action and chemical
mechanism
CO4 :: explore the different environmental toxicants and their forensic analysis

CO5 :: assess various types of psychoactive substances

CO6 :: summarize s different causes of fire and arson its collection, preservation and analysis

Unit I
Basics of Forensic Chemistry : introduction to forensic chemistry, types of cases in forensic
chemistry, presumptive tests, confirmatory tests, microchemical methods, alcohols and their analysis
Unit II
Basics of Forensic Toxicology : introduction, forensic toxicologist, history of toxicology, branches of
toxicology, standard terminology in toxicology
Unit III
Poisons : introduction, definitions, classification of poisons, physiological action and chemical nature,
poisons and poisoning in India, introduction to metabolism of various poisons, signs and symptoms of
common poisons, antidotes, collection and preservation of viscera, choice of preservatives, containers
and storage
Unit IV
Environmental Forensics : definitions, background and historical aspects, arsenic, pesticides,
mercury, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), biomarker fingerprints of oils and petroleum,
microbial forensic, radioactive tracers and dating
Unit V
Drugs of Abuse : introduction, drug addiction and its problems, drug and medicine, classification of
drugs of abuse, identification and analysis of drugs of abuse, field tests and laboratory tests, drugs of
abuse in sports
Unit VI
Arson and investigation : introduction, fire and arson, chemistry of fire, scientific investigation of
fire debris, collection, preservation and analysis of flammable residues

Text Books:
1. TEXTBOOK OF FORENSIC CHEMISTRY by S.A. IQBAL, DISCOVERY PUBLISHING HOUSE

References:
1. ESSENTIALS OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY by ANIL AGGRAWAL, AVICHAL
PUBLISHING COMPANY

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