The effect of cocaine on the development rate of immatures and adults of Chrysomya albiceps and Chrysomya putoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and its importance to postmortem interval estimate

Comparing Species Composition of Passive Trapping of Adult Flies with Larval Collections from the Body during Scene-Based Medicolegal Death Investigations

“…Two of these accidental cases were located indoors and one was located outdoors and all three were moderately decomposed (Table 1). Cocaine is known to have effects on the larval development and size of some fly species [27] and other drugs with similar properties also have effects on development and size [28], but the effects on fly attraction and colonization are unknown.…”

Aproximación al estudio del daño oxidativo causado por larvicidas naturales y temefos sobre proteomas de larvas del mosquito Aedes aegypti

“…Estas diferencias indican, que la presencia de los principios activos larvicidas de los extractos y el Temefos estaría afectando el metabolismo general de larva y que la consecuencia es un deterioro en el aumento de biomasa larvaria, que en últimas causaría una disminución de la tasa de crecimiento de las larvas. Estas alteraciones en las tasas de crecimiento y desarrollo de los huevos y larvas de diferentes insectos, se ha descrito en estudios de entomología forense, donde se describen como la ingesta de diferentes tipos de de drogas pueden retardar o alargar la duración de las diferentes etapas del desarrollo de los mismos (21,22). De allí, que la cuantificación de los extractos de proteínas se podría utilizar como un marcador bioquímico del efecto del larvicida sobre el desarrollo de las larvas de Aedes aegypti.…”

Family Calliphoridae: An Integral Part of Postmortem Interval Estimation

“…However, at 30-42 h, an increase in development for C. putoria was observed, but not for C. albiceps. At 54 h, both species exhibit increased larval development, but C. putoria doubled in weight compared to the controls [20]. Ketamine is a cyclohexanone derivative that is typically used as an anesthetic, but is also used as a recreational drug.…”