Adipocere format ion and mummification by desiccation, both natural modes of body preservation, are discussed. Lipid extracts from outer tissues of naturally preserved bodies were analysed by high-temperature gas chromatography in combination with microanalytical transformations. The analytical investigation of the lipid composition of tissues from desiccated mummies is described here for che first time.
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Bereuter, T. L., Lorbeer, E., Reiter, C., Seidler, H., & Unterdorfer, H. (1996). Post-mortem alterations of human lipids — part I: evaluation of adipocere formation and mummification by desiccation. In Human Mummies (pp. 265–273). Springer Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6565-2_25
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