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Counteracting poisoning with chemical warfare nerve agents
Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2020 Phosphylation of the pivotal enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) by nerve agents (NAs) leads to irreversible inhibition of the enzyme and accumulation of neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which induces cholinergic crisis, that is, overstimulation of ...
Hrvat Nikolina Maček, Kovarik Zrinka
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Toxics, 2021 This paper comprises an extensive study on the evaluation of decontamination efficiency of three types of reactive organic suspensions (based on nanosized adsorbents) on two real chemical warfare agents: soman (GD) and sulfur mustard (HD). Three types of
Raluca Elena Ginghina +9 more
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Translational research on chemical nerve agents
Neurobiology of Disease, 2020 This special issue will describe cutting-edge translational research on the development of safe and effective therapeutics for treating exposure to toxic chemical threat agents that target the nervous system.
David A. Jett, Shardell M. Spriggs
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Drugs as Chemical Weapons: Past and Perspectives
Toxics, 2023 The emergence of modern chemical weapons and chemical warfare is traditionally associated with World War I, but the use of poisons in the military has its roots deep in the past.
Vladimír Pitschmann, Zdeněk Hon
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Controversy Over Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Baltic Sea [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2022 The purpose of this study is to discuss and attempt to analyse the issue of chemical weaponscontaining chemical warfare agents (CWA) and conventional ammunition containing toxic chemicalsthat pose a threat to the ecological safety of the Baltic Sea ...
Krzysztof Świder
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Defesa química: histórico, classificação dos agentes de guerra e ação dos neurotóxicos
Química Nova, 2012 Chemical agents are substances used for their toxic effects on humans, animals and plants. The main objective of chemical defense is to develop systems that reduce these effects while minimizing impact on the operational capacity of military troops.
Gustavo Rocha Silva +3 more
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Protein Biotoxins of Military Significance
Acta Medica, 2006 There is a spectrum of several threat agents, ranging from nerve agents and mustard agents to natural substances, such as biotoxins and new, synthetic, bioactive molecules produced by the chemical industry, to the classical biological warfare agents. The
Jiří Patočka, Ladislav Středa
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Chromogenic and fluorogenic reagents for chemical warfare nerve agents' detection [PDF]
, 2007 The ease of production, the extreme toxicity of organophosphorus-containing nerve agents, and their facile use in terrorism attacks underscores the need to develop accurate systems to detect these chemicals.
Ana M. Costero +42 more
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Fluorescent Discrimination between Traces of Chemical Warfare Agents and Their Mimics [PDF]
, 2014 An array of fluorogenic probes is able to discriminate between nerve agents, sarin, soman, tabun, VX and their mimics, in water or organic solvent, by qualitative fluorescence patterns and quantitative multivariate analysis, thus making the system ...
Berg, Alexander +10 more
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