Organophosphorus Nerve Agents: Types, Toxicity, and Treatments

Figure 3

Classification of bioscavengers for organophosphorus compounds. The flowchart represents the classification of OPC hydrolysing enzymes on the basis of their hydrolysing ability into three categories, namely, stoichiometric, catalytic, and pseudocatalytic with their examples. The catalytic bioscavengers are further divided into two groups, bacterial and mammalian.