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#*Green colour due to break down of hemoglobin (biliverdin).<ref>{{cite journal |author=NOIR BA, GARAY ER, ROYER M |title=SEPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF CONJUGATED BILIVERDIN |journal=Biochim. Biophys. Acta |volume=100 |issue= |pages=403–10 |year=1965 |month=May |pmid=14347937 |doi= |url=linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0304416565900097}}</ref> | #*Green colour due to break down of hemoglobin (biliverdin).<ref>{{cite journal |author=NOIR BA, GARAY ER, ROYER M |title=SEPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF CONJUGATED BILIVERDIN |journal=Biochim. Biophys. Acta |volume=100 |issue= |pages=403–10 |year=1965 |month=May |pmid=14347937 |doi= |url=linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0304416565900097}}</ref> | ||
#Adipocere - transformation into wax (due to anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis of fat). | #Adipocere - transformation into wax (due to anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis of fat). | ||
#*Useless for toxicology and DNA. | |||
*A mix of the above often occur, i.e. part of the corpse is mummified... part of it decomposed through putrefaction. | *A mix of the above often occur, i.e. part of the corpse is mummified... part of it decomposed through putrefaction. | ||