Formation of pyrophosphate-like adducts from nerve agents sarin, soman and cyclosarin in phosphate buffer: Implications for analytical and toxicological investigations

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Gäb, Jürgen ^a,b   John, Harald ^c   Blum, Marc Michael ^a  

^a Blum Scientific Services   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

LC ESI MS MS; Nerve agents; NMR; Organophosphorus compounds; Phosphate buffer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSARIN; PHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SARIN; SOMAN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

BUFFERS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPHOSPHATES; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; SARIN; SOMAN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 78650172431     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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