Enzyme-based detoxification of organophosphorus neurotoxic pesticides and chemical warfare agents
There are some 15,000 known organophosphorus chemicals. Some of these OP’s, including VX and paraoxon, demonstrate an acute neurotoxicity due to the inhibition of cholinergic enzymes. Organophosphorus chemical warfare agents and pesticide neurotoxins are subject to hydrolysis by OP degrading enzymes...
Main Author: | Kern, Rory James |
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Other Authors: | Wild, James R. |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en_US |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2118 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2118 |
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