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IN medico-legal practice, blood stains are usually identified by the benzidine and Kastle-Mayer tests, followed by confirmatory specific tests for hæmoglobin as hæmatin or hæmochromogen. The former suffer from the disadvantage that a number of oxidizing agents and plant juices also give positive reactions, while the latter are difficult when the stain is either small, old or badly contaminated. There is therefore a need for a rapid and reliable procedure suitable for blood stains, fresh or old, whether on cloth or admixed with dust. The method described below largely fulfils this need.
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KHALIFA, A., SALAH, M. A Spectrophotometric Method for the Detection of Blood Stains. Nature 169, 461–462 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169461a0
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