TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol congener analysis and the source of alcohol: a review
AU - Rodda, Luke
AU - Beyer, Jochen
AU - Gerostamoulos, Dimitri
AU - Drummer, Olaf Heino
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - For many decades traditional alcohol congener analysis has provided the concentrations of fermentation
by-product congeners found in blood, to ascertain if the
claims of an individual regarding the alcoholic beverage(
s) they have consumed were feasible, assisting in cases
where after-drinking is involved. However, this technique
does not provide information on the exact alcoholic beverage(
s) consumed. More recently, ingredient biomarker
congeners specific to certain alcoholic beverages have been
detected in blood, making it possible to identify the particular
alcoholic beverage consumed and therefore the source
of alcohol (albeit only for a limited number of beverages).
This novel approach may reduce current limitations that
exist with traditional methods of detecting fermentation
by-product congeners, which restrict the use of alcohol
congener analysis internationally and for other medico-legal
scenarios. This review examines the forensic application
of alcohol congener analysis in determining the source of
alcohol and other techniques.
AB - For many decades traditional alcohol congener analysis has provided the concentrations of fermentation
by-product congeners found in blood, to ascertain if the
claims of an individual regarding the alcoholic beverage(
s) they have consumed were feasible, assisting in cases
where after-drinking is involved. However, this technique
does not provide information on the exact alcoholic beverage(
s) consumed. More recently, ingredient biomarker
congeners specific to certain alcoholic beverages have been
detected in blood, making it possible to identify the particular
alcoholic beverage consumed and therefore the source
of alcohol (albeit only for a limited number of beverages).
This novel approach may reduce current limitations that
exist with traditional methods of detecting fermentation
by-product congeners, which restrict the use of alcohol
congener analysis internationally and for other medico-legal
scenarios. This review examines the forensic application
of alcohol congener analysis in determining the source of
alcohol and other techniques.
UR - http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12024-013-9411-0.pdf
U2 - 10.1007/s12024-013-9411-0
DO - 10.1007/s12024-013-9411-0
M3 - Article
SN - 1547-769X
VL - 9
SP - 194
EP - 207
JO - Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
JF - Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
IS - 2
ER -