Sentences with phrase «called organophosphate»

It's one of a group of things called organophosphate, and I didn't realize till I started working on its story, that those actually are chemically related to [the] World - War - II - era nerve agent.

Many troops were exposed to a class of chemicals called organophosphates, which include everything from pesticides to sarin gas, a chemical weapon.

This might also have the effect of reducing or eliminating one specific effect of certain nerve agents which is to cause longer term nerve damage, a syndrome call organophosphate induced delayed neuropathy (OPIDN).

Not exact matches

The researchers mixed RHP with a protein called organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH), which degrades the toxic organophosphates found in insecticides and chemical warfare agents.

Some countries have switched from pyrethroids to an organophosphate insecticide called actellic.

To model Gulf War Illness, the researchers treated cultures of human and rat neurons with an organophosphate called diisopropyl flurophosphate, which is an analog of sarin.

To explore the importance of protein dynamics, Nobuhiko Tokuriki of the University of British Columbia, Colin J. Jackson of Australian National University, and coworkers started with an enzyme called a phosphotriesterase that normally hydrolyzes organophosphates.

According to a report published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last November, a variety of flea and tick pesticides contain chemicals called «organophosphate insecticides,» or OPs, which have been linked to brain damage, harm to the human endocrine system, and certain kinds of cancer.