Targeting chemical and biological warfare agents at the molecular level

OA Sadik, WH Land Jr, J Wang - … : An International Journal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
After the September 11 tragedies of 2001, scientists and law‐enforcement agencies have
shown increasing concern that terrorist organizations and their “rogue” foreign government …

Toxic blister agents: Chemistry, mode of their action and effective treatment strategies

A Nair, P Yadav, A Behl, RK Sharma… - Chemico-biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since their use during the First World War, Blister agents have posed a major threat to the
individuals and have caused around two million casualties. Major incidents occurred not …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of half-mustard agent

DA Stuart, KB Biggs, RP Van Duyne - Analyst, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
The detection and identification of chemical warfare agents is an important analytical goal.
Herein, it is demonstrated that 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (half-mustard, CEES) can be …

Advances in treatment of acute sulfur mustard poisoning–a critical review

L Etemad, M Moshiri, M Balali-Mood - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Sulfur mustard (SM) is a blistering chemical warfare agent that was used during the World
War I and in the Iraq–Iran conflict. The aim of this paper is to discuss and critically review the …

[PDF][PDF] Chemistry and toxicology of sulphur mustard-a review

RC Malhotra, K Ganesan, K Sugendran… - Defence Science …, 1999 - rageuniversity.org
ABSTRACT Bis (2-chlomthyl) sulphi& commonly known as sulphur mustard (SM) is highly
reactive bifunctional compound, documented as antimitotic, mutagenic, carcinogenic …

An electronic nose for the detection of Sarin, Soman and Tabun mimics and interfering agents

C Olguín, N Laguarda-Miró, L Pascual… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2014 - Elsevier
An electronic nose system (E-nose) with metal oxide semiconductor sensors (MOS) has
been designed to discriminate and quantify different chemical warfare agents (CWA) mimics …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effect of Aloe vera L. gel against sulphur mustard-induced systemic toxicity and skin lesions

G Anshoo, S Singh, AS Kulkarni, SC Pant… - Indian journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Sulphur mustard (SM), chemically 2, 2'-dichloro diethyl sulphide, is an
incapacitating and extremely toxic chemical warfare agent, and causes serious blisters on …

In vivo protection by amifostine and DRDE-07 against sulphur mustard toxicity

P Kumar, R Vijayaraghavan… - Human & …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
The study was aimed at investigating the prophylactic efficacy of orally administered
amifostine and a newly synthesized compound, S-2 (2-amino-ethylamino) ethyl phenyl …

Quenching action of monofunctional sulfur mustard on chlorophyll fluorescence: Towards an ultrasensitive biosensor

S Kaur, M Singh, SJS Flora - Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
An ultrasensitive fluorimetric biosensor for the detection of chemical warfare agent sulfur
mustard (SM) was developed using its monofunctional analogue. SM is a vesicant and a …

A comparison of decontamination effects of commercially available detergents in rats pre-exposed to topical sulphur mustard

J Misik, P Jost, R Pavlikova, E Vodakova… - Cutaneous and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The genotoxic vesicant sulphur mustard [bis-2-(chloroethyl) sulphide] is a
chemical warfare agent which is easily available due to its relatively simple synthesis. Thus …