Novichoks: The Dangerous Fourth Generation of Chemical Weapons
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F19%3A50015568" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/19:50015568 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62690094:18460/19:50015568 RIV/62690094:18470/19:50015568
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/5/1222/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/5/1222/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20051222" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms20051222</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Novichoks: The Dangerous Fourth Generation of Chemical Weapons
Original language description
Novichoks is the name given to the controversial chemical weapons supposedly developed in the former Soviet Union between the 1970s and the 1990s. Designed to be undetectable and untreatable, these chemicals became the most toxic of the nerve agents, being very attractive for both terrorist and chemical warfare purposes. However, very little information is available in the literature, and the Russian government did not acknowledge their development. The intent of this review is to provide the IJMS readers with a general overview on what is known about novichoks today. We briefly tell the story of the secret development of these agents, and discuss their synthesis, toxicity, physical-chemical properties, and possible ways of treatment and neutralization. In addition, we also wish to call the attention of the scientific community to the great risks still represented by nerve agents worldwide, and the need to keep constant investments in the development of antidotes and ways to protect against such deadly compounds.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30108 - Toxicology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
ISSN
1422-0067
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
"Article number: 1222"
UT code for WoS article
000462542300221
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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