Inactivation of sarin and soman by cyclodextrins in vitro
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 43 (4) , 395-397
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01940424
Abstract
Cyclodextrins catalyzed the inactivation of sarin and soman but did not inactivate tabun and VX. Furthermore, sarin and soman showed greater affinity for β-cyclodextrin than for α- or γ-cyclodextrins. Thus β-cyclodextrin appears to be an attractive starting material for the preparation of a catalyst able to inactivate sarin and soman more effectively. Such a catalyst might contribute to improving the therapy of poisoning caused by these two nerve agents.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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