Ashok Kumar Jaiswal

@aiims.edu

Chemist, Department of forensic medicine and toxicology
All India Institute of medical Sciences



              

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RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Analytical Chemistry, Toxicology

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Scopus Publications

Scopus Publications

  • Detection of Ethanol and Methanol in Hand Sanitizers used in Public Places in Delhi during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Neha Afaria, Rohit Kanojia, A. K. Jaiswal, Sudhir K. Gupta, and T. Millo
    Informatics Publishing Limited
    Since the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019) pandemic, alcohol-based hand sanitizers are being used widely to prevent the transmission of corona virus. But a major concern is the adulteration of methanol in hand sanitizer. Cases of methanol poisoning increased drastically during the pandemic. This study was carried out to detect ethanol and methanol in hand sanitizers that are being sold and used in public places. The hand sanitizer samples for this study were collected from different public places in Delhi from June-August 2022. A total of 53 samples were collected and the samples were run on Gas Chromatography (GC-HS) for analysis of ethanol and methanol. Methanol was detected in 25 samples. During the COVID-19 pandemic, various cases of methanol poisoning due to consumption or chronic absorption of hand sanitizer have been reported all over the world. Methanol is a toxic alcohol and long-term dermal exposure to this toxic substance can cause severe health effects. During the pandemic, the increased demand of hand sanitizer resulted in uncontrolled manufacturing and sale of hand sanitizers. Data obtained from this study highlight the need to monitor the manufacturing and sale of alcoholbased hand sanitizer by the regulatory bodies and to raise awareness among the public about the toxic effects of methanol.

  • Development of a New Methodology for Extraction and Analysis of Pesticides, Drugs, Heavy Metals and Various Toxins from Viscera Samples
    Rohit Kanojia, A. K. Jaiswal, Arkaja Goswami, and Sunita Bhagat
    Informatics Publishing Limited
    Viscera analysis plays a major and important role in forensics, Scientists use their own tried and tested methods to avoid excess time consumption and errors, to analyse the viscera samples for the presence of various illicit drugs, pesticides, heavy metals, or any other poisonous substances that may be the reason of death. In this article, the current scenario of viscera handling in forensic science laboratories in India is mentioned in detail with a step-by-step procedure. Tests for phosphine and various pesticides are performed in the stomach and small intestine. Drugs are extracted according to different procedures depending upon the affinity of the drug i.e., acidic, basic, or neutral. After that, Tests for drugs and other toxic substances are usually performed in blood, liver, spleen, and kidney. Blood usually comes in the third jar, and is tested for drugs, alcohol, and maybe for pesticides, phosphine and for any other suspected toxin. Viscera sample needs to be digested before the analysis of heavy metals. Any part of the viscera can be digested and tested for heavy metal. Usually, a mixture of all the viscera parts is digested and analysed. The techniques mentioned in this article are rigorously used in the chemistry and toxicology division in forensic laboratories in India.

  • Quantitative analysis of methanol in blood, urine, vitreous humor, and cerebrospinal fluid by using gas chromatography-head space in two suspected cases of methanol poisoning
    Neha Afaria, A. K. Jaiswal, Venkatesh Janarthanan, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, T. Millo, and G. Gokul
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

  • ANALYSIS AND ANALYTICAL ASPECTS OF TOLUENE IN INHALANT OF ABUSE IN LIVING AND DEAD: A REVIEW


  • Parenteral Mercury Poisoning – An Interesting and Rare Case


  • COSMETIC PRODUCTS: A SOURCE OF HEAVY METAL TOXICITY IN HUMANS
    Sneha Yadav, Lovlish Gupta, Monika Chauhan, Arvind Kumar Jain, and Ashok Kumar Jaiswal
    Diva Enterprises Private Limited

  • ESTIMATION OF ALUMINIUM LEVELS IN BLOOD, LIVERAND STOMACH CONTENTS USINGICP-AES: ACROSS-SECTIONAL AUTOPSY BASED STUDY
    Anita Yadav, Adarsh Kumar, Amita Srivastava, AK Jaiswal, and SK Gupta
    Diva Enterprises Private Limited


  • Biochemical findings in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Hospital based case-control study
    Shyam Kishore, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Sudheer Kumar Arava, Asit Ranjan Mridha, Ashok Kumar Jaiswal, Asit Kumar Sikary, Deepak Ramkumar Bharti, and Chittaranjan Behera
    Elsevier BV

  • Potency test of a rape accused in India – Rationale, problems and suggestions in light of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
    Md Shadab Raheel, Abhishek Yadav, Shashank Pooniya, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, and A.K. Jaiswal
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

  • Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning during yagya for faith healing - A case report


  • Thallium poisoning: Analytical aspects with brief overview


  • Voltammetric/Polarography trace metal analyzer and its Forensic Application-A review


  • Identification of human beings by morphological characterization of their teeth in Forensic cases


  • Analysis of finit in urine sample using thin layer chromatography.


  • Detection of monocrotophos by thin layer Chromatography from urine sample- A case report


  • Screening/spot test of tranquilisers


  • Microwave digestor and its forensic application - A review


  • A complete analysis of postmortem materials received in forensic toxicology laboratory


  • Molecular mechanism of aluminium & zinc phosphide toxicity: Focus on analytical techniques used for their forensic analysis


  • A complete analysis of postmortem materials received in forensic toxicology laboratory


  • Screening/spot/colour test of alkaloids


  • Screening/spot test of antibiotics


  • Emerging issues of concern to the Indian forensic toxicologists with special reference to drugs of abuse


  • Atomic absorption spectrometry - A review