Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Alteration of amino acid racemization rates of dentin via aspartate aminotransferase: A pilot study.
Saki Minegishi, Hisako Saitoh, Jun Ohta, Hajime Utsuno, Shuuji Namiki, Maiko Toya, Koichi Sakurada
Published: 202610.1016/j.legalmed.2026.102776
Abstract
In forensic medicine, amino acid racemization (AAR) of dentin is one of the most precise methods for age estimation. However, AAR requires preparing for a wide age range for the same type of target teeth, which is one reason why AAR is not widely use…
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