A new chromogenic protocol has been developed for rapid and selective detection of nerve agents like tabun. The chemsensor displayed a drastic color change from its colorless solution to yellow instantaneously with an 89 nm bathochromic shift. No inference of other chemical warfare agents and its mimics was observed either with the naked-eye or by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The development of a porta...

We have examined the reactivation mechanism of the tabun-conjugated AChE with various drugs using density functional theory (DFT) and post-Hartree-Fock methods. The electronic environments and structural features of neutral oximes (deazapralidoxime and 3-hydroxy-2-pyridinealdoxime) and charged monopyridinium oxime (2-PAM) and bispyridinium oxime (Ortho-7) are different, hence their efficacy var...

Nerve agents that irreversibly deactivate the enzyme acetylcholinesterase are extremely toxic weapons of mass destruction. Thus, developing methods to detect these lethal is important. To create an optical sensor for a surrogate nerve agent tabun, as well physical barrier dissolves in response this analyte, we devise network hydrogel decomposes via self-propagating cascade. A Meldrums acid-deri...

A conjugate of pyridine-4-aldoxime and atropine (ATR-4-OX) was synthesized and its antidotal efficiency was tested in vitro on tabun- or paraoxon-inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE) of human erythrocytes as well as in vivo using soman-, tabun- or paraoxon-poisoned mice. Its genotoxic profile was assessed on human lymphocytes in vitro and was found acceptable for further research. ATR-4-OX sho...

The potency of the Czech original pharmacological pretreatment consisting of pyridostigmine, benactyzine and trihexyphenidyle, designated PANPAL, to increase the resistance of rats and mice against tabun or soman and to increase the therapeutic efficacy of standard antidotal treatment of tabun or soman-poisoned experimental animals was studied and compared with commonly used pyridostigmine alon...

The aim of this study was to compare changes in activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the brain and motor endplates of rat after administration of soman and tabun. We took brain and diaphragm from laboratory rats administered a median lethal dose (LD(50)) of soman or tabun. Enzyme activity of AChE was studied in selected structures of brain and in motor endplates in the diaphragm. Histoche...

The Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988) was the first modern in which chemical weapons were used. purpose of this work is to summarize experience treating victims, affected by nerve agents. publications Iranian authors different scientific journals used for preparation article. use Iraqi army occurred August 1983 Kurdistan (sulfur mustard). Nerve agent (tabun) on February 29, 1984 battles Majnun Islands....

Preparation of 1-(4-hydroxy-iminomethylpyridinium)-3-pyridiniumpropane dibromide is described. This compound represents a new acetylcholinesterase (AChE) reactivator, which has no substituents on the second pyridinium ring as found in other commonly used AChE reactivators. The reactivation ability of this reactivator was tested on tabun- and cyclosarin-inhibited AChE. According to the results o...

in this work, the effect of ligand's length on interaction energy of six oximes, a [2-(hydroxyimino)-n-((1-(2-(2-((hydroxyimino)methyl)-1h-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl)-1h-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)acetamide], b [2-(hydroxyimino)-n-((1-(3-(2-((hydroxyimino)methyl)-1h-imidazol-1-yl)propyl)-1h-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)acetamide], c [2-(hydroxyimino)-n-((1-(4-(2-((hydroxyimino)methyl)-1h-imidazol-1-y...