Identification of a novel compound in post-mortem specimen of a sexually assaulted victim by gc-ms analysis
Modern society is witnessing a considerable ascend in sexual assault against women in India by using several illicitly abused psychoactive substances. Isopulegol is a terpene-based alkaloid found in cannabis plants and can also be synthetically manufactured as a designer drug. It is used as a precursor chemical for menthol manufacturing which is used as a flavoring agent in food products. This paper presents identified novel drug Isopulegol (a terpene-based plant alkaloid) in the post-mortem samples of rape victims.