Research Article

Estimation of the Postmortem Duration of Mouse Tissue by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

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(a) Postmortem DMPO-adduct signal intensity in mouse lung. The columns and the lines show the postmortem signal intensity ratios of brain and S.E.M. of the means ( ). The -axis shows the percentage of peak signal intensity ratio, which was calculated by assuming that the intensity of MnO (500 nmol/L) was 100%. * , ** , versus 0 days. (b) Time course of postmortem DMPO-adduct signal intensity ratio in mouse lung. The -axis shows the percentage of peak signal intensity, which was calculated by assuming that the intensity at 3 day postmortem was 100%. -axis is expressed in log(day). * , ** , versus 3 days. The regression lines, correlation coefficient (R1), contribution rate (R2), and the probability of error (P-value) were calculated.
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