Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography in forensic science: A critical review of recent trends

B Gruber, BA Weggler, R Jaramillo, KA Murrell… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC× GC) has become accepted as
one of the most powerful separation techniques in several application areas. In forensic …

The odor of death: an overview of current knowledge on characterization and applications

F Verheggen, KA Perrault, RC Megido, LM Dubois… - Bioscience, 2017 - academic.oup.com
After death, the human body undergoes various processes that result in the emission of
volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The interest in these VOCs has increased substantially …

A field study to evaluate PMI estimation methods for advanced decomposition stages

S Pittner, V Bugelli, K Weitgasser, A Zissler… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the major tasks and a continuous
challenge in forensic pathology. It is often an exclusion process of available methods, which …

Advanced method optimization for volatile aroma profiling of beer using two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry

PH Stefanuto, KA Perrault, LM Dubois… - … of Chromatography A, 2017 - Elsevier
The complex mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the headspace of
Trappist and craft beers was studied to illustrate the efficiency of thermal desorption (TD) …

The smell of death. State-of-the-art and future research directions

J Cieśla, J Skrobisz, B Niciński, M Kloc… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The decomposition of a body is inseparably associated with the release of several types of
odors. This phenomenon has been used in the training of sniffer dogs for decades. The odor …

Detecting volatile organic compounds to locate human remains in a simulated collapsed building

M Ueland, S Harris, SL Forbes - Forensic Science International, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of mass disasters has increased worldwide due to changing environments
from global warming and a heightened threat of terrorism acts. When these disasters strike, it …

Control-normalized Fisher ratio analysis of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry data for enhanced biomarker …

SE Prebihalo, GS Ochoa, KL Berrier… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
An innovative form of Fisher ratio (F-ratio) analysis (FRA) is developed for use with
comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC× …

Forensic decomposition odour profiling: A review of experimental designs and analytical techniques

MA Iqbal, KD Nizio, M Ueland, SL Forbes - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The complex process of cadaveric decomposition releases diverse volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) as by-products. These VOCs are significant in forensic science as the …

Characterizing decomposition odor from soil and adipocere samples at a death scene using HS-SPME-GC× GC-HRTOFMS

LM Dubois, PH Stefanuto, L Heudt, JF Focant… - Forensic Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Using decomposition odor as forensic evidence remains highly controversial despite well-
established gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) techniques. Although …

Past, present, and future trends in boar taint detection

C Burgeon, M Debliquy, D Lahem, J Rodriguez… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Boar taint is an unpleasant smell found in the meat of some uncastrated male
pigs. This taint is often prevented by surgical castration without anesthesia or analgesia …