- 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...
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Organophosphate poisoning is
poisoning due to
organophosphates (OPs).
Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and
nerve agents. Symptoms...
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compounds called oximes that bind to
organophosphate-inactivated acetylcholinesterase. It is used to
treat organophosphate poisoning in
conjunction with atropine...
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Organophosphate-induced dela****
neuropathy (OPIDN), also
called organophosphate-induced dela****
polyneuropathy (OPIDP), is a
neuropathy caused by killing...
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Malathion is an
organophosphate insecticide which acts as an
acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. In the USSR, it was
known as carbophos, in New
Zealand and...
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Aryldialkylphosphatase (EC 3.1.8.1, also
known as phosphotriesterase,
organophosphate hydrolase,
parathion hydrolase, paraoxonase, and
parathion aryl esterase;...
- irreversible, or quasi-irreversible (also
called pseudo-irreversible).
Organophosphates like TEPP and
sarin inhibit cholinesterases,
enzymes that hydrolyze...
- Tris(1,3-dichloroisopropyl)phosphate (TDCPP) is a
chlorinated organophosphate.
Organophosphate chemicals have a wide
variety of
applications and are used...
- use in
chemical warfare after translation of
earlier discoveries of
organophosphate toxicity in
pesticide research. In its pure form, VX is an oily, relatively...
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physicians for
these purposes.
Atropine is not an
actual antidote for
organophosphate poisoning. However, by
blocking the
action of
acetylcholine at muscarinic...
