Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 2267-2277, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Following a chemical incident involving chemical warfare agents or more broadly, chemical weapons, there are two possible approaches in dealing with the traditional forensic analysis of contaminated exhibits. The first is to analyze the contaminated items under safe conditions (i.e. in laboratories dedicated to the handling of such substances),
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Salisbury, Novichok and the OPCW [PDF]
LOJ Pharmacology and Clinical Research, 2019 In the spring of 2018, Sergei Skripal (former russian spy) and his daughter Yulia, started to feel ill.
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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 ...
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Dimethoxytriadinylation LCMS/MS of Novichok ASeries Degradation Products in Human Urine
, 2022 Novichok A-series compounds, novel nerve agents, pose an increasing threat to citizens worldwide; however, no analytical methods have been reported for detecting their hydrolysis products.
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Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. and Artemisia annua L. in the collection of aromatic and medicinal plants of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The article presents the results of the study of Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. (paniculate wormwood) and Artemisia annua L. (annual wormwood), grown in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden - National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (NBG-
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, 2021 \ua9 2021 British Journal of AnaesthesiaOn March 4, 2018, two casualties collapsed on a park bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. They were later discovered to have been the victims of an attempted murder using the Soviet-era Novichok class of nerve agent.
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Synthesis, experimental, and molecular dynamics simulation of the ESI-CID spectrum of the nerve agent Novichok analog O-2-methoxyethyl N-[bis(dimethylamino)methylidene]-P-methylphosphonamidate [PDF]
, 2023 The comprehensive and accurate analysis of mass spectral data is critical for the unequivocal identification of environmental samples containing compounds short-listed by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In particular, experiments with nerve agents
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Current Perspectives on the Management of Patients Poisoned With Novichok: A Scoping Review
Military Medicine, 2023 ABSTRACT Introduction Nerve agents have emerged as a global threat since their discovery in the 1930s, posing severe risks due to their inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and the subsequent accumulation of acetylcholine in nerve synapses.
Tess L Blom, Thijs T Wingelaar
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Perspectives of barley breeding for the conditions of the Volgo-Vyatka region (analytical review)
Аграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2021 The article is devoted to the analysis of the structure of sown areas and characteristics of barley varieties zoned in the Kirov region for 2020. In 2019 in the Kirov region the varieties cultivated in production for more than 20 years had the largest ...
I. N. Shchennikova, L. P. Kokina
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The prediction of hydrolysis and biodegradation of Novichoks using in silico toxicology methods
Science of The Total Environment, 2023 Novichoks constitute a relatively new class of nerve agents of extreme toxicity that we have had the opportunity to experience three times already. After the first case (Salisbury, UK), a public debate about Novichoks began, which resulted in the realisation of the nature of these chemicals.
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