Organophosphorus Nerve Agents: Types, Toxicity, and Treatments

Figure 1

Chemical structure of G-series agents: (a) sarin, (b) soman, (c) tabun, and (d) cyclosarin; (e) V-series agent, VX; (f) VR (substance-33); chemical structures of A-series according to Dr. Mirzayanov: (g) A230, (h) A232, and (i) A234; chemical structures of A-series according Hoenig: (j) A230, (k) A232, and (l) A234; plausible and speculated chemical structures of Novichok: (m) Novichok-5 and (n) Novichok-7. For creating the chemical structures, ChemSketch software was used.

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