. As diazinon is stable under alkaline
conditions, the pHs of samples measured following exhumation and pHs of the
putrefied bone marrow and viscera samples were changed between 8 and 8.5.
Approximately 1 g of tissue was homogenized in a homogenizer and then extracted
with 22 ml hexane. The organic phaseswere then pooled and underwent a clean-up.