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ReviewAnalytical chemistry2025

Analysis of the Human Scent on Fired Cartridge Cases from a Simulated Crime Scene.

Ulrika Malá, Václav Vokálek, Pavel Vrbka, Jana Čechová, Petra Pojmanová, Oleksii Kaminskyi, Veronika Škeříková, Štěpán Urban

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Review in Analytical chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ulrika MaláUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4266-0843
Václav VokálekRegional Group for Cynology and Hippology, Odorology Section for Brno, Police of the Czech Republic, U Dálnice 1, 664 42 Modřice, Czech Republic.
Pavel VrbkaUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, Technická 5 160 00, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2251-1445
Jana ČechováUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Petra PojmanováUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Oleksii KaminskyiUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Veronika ŠkeříkováUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Štěpán UrbanUniversity of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.

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Abstract

Fired cartridge cases are often found at crime scenes connected with a shooting, and their prompt analysis can be very useful for the police investigation. In addition to dactyloscopy (fingerprints) that tends to be more or less damaged on the cartridges and often are not adequate for individual identification, there are also scent traces on the fired cartridges that are not fully destroyed by the gun's being fired. In this pilot study, we compare the human scent remaining on cartridge cases after firing with scent samples from different volunteers to find out who loaded the gun before the gun was shot. In this experiment, a simulated crime scene was prepared, and one of our volunteers loaded the weapon. Analysis of the scent remaining on cartridge cases was carried out using two different methods, namely, olfactronics and olfactorics.

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PMCPMC11866279

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