Discrimination between human and animal blood by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy

Ewelina Mistek-Morabito; Igor K. Lednev

doi:10.1038/s42004-020-00424-8

Communications Chemistry (Dec 2020)

Discrimination between human and animal blood by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy

Ewelina Mistek-Morabito,
Igor K. Lednev

Affiliations

Ewelina Mistek-Morabito: Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York
Igor K. Lednev: Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00424-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Statistical models applied to spectroscopic data offer a promising alternative to lab-based assays for forensic analysis. Here human blood is distinguished from that of 11 animal species using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopic data.

Published in Communications Chemistry

ISSN: 2399-3669 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.nature.com/commschem

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