- In
organic chemistry,
organophosphates (also
known as
phosphate esters, or OPEs) are a
class of
organophosphorus compounds with the
general structure O=P(OR)3...
-
Organophosphate poisoning is
poisoning due to
organophosphates (OPs).
Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and
nerve agents. Symptoms...
-
compounds called oximes that bind to
organophosphate-inactivated acetylcholinesterase. It is used to
treat organophosphate poisoning in
conjunction with atropine...
-
Organophosphate-induced dela****
neuropathy (OPIDN), also
called organophosphate-induced dela****
polyneuropathy (OPIDP), is a
neuropathy caused by killing...
-
huperzine A benefit.
Huperzine A
might be
useful in the
treatment of
organophosphate nerve agent poisoning by
preventing damage to the
central nervous system...
-
Aryldialkylphosphatase (EC 3.1.8.1, also
known as phosphotriesterase,
organophosphate hydrolase,
parathion hydrolase, paraoxonase, and
parathion aryl esterase;...
-
Malathion is an
organophosphate insecticide which acts as an
acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. In the USSR, it was
known as carbophos, in New
Zealand and...
- irreversible, or quasi-irreversible (also
called pseudo-irreversible).
Organophosphates like
tetraethyl pyrophosphate (TEPP) and
sarin inhibit cholinesterases...
- use in
chemical warfare after translation of
earlier discoveries of
organophosphate toxicity in
pesticide research. In its pure form, VX is an oily, relatively...
- as
pesticides around the world. In most respects, it is
similar to
organophosphate poisoning,
though typically less
severe or
requiring a
larger amount...
