MMSL 2016, 85(2):50-55 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.010

IRRITANT COMPOUNDS: MILITARY RESPIRATORY IRRITANTS. PART II. STERNUTATORSReview article

Jiří Patočka ORCID...1,3*, Kamil Kuča ORCID...2,3
1 Institute of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
2 Center of Advanced Studies, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
3 Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Sternutators are substances that irritate the nasal and respiratory passages and cause coughing, sneezing, lacrimation, and sometimes vomiting. They are organoarsenic compounds and some of them were used as warfare toxic gases in World War I, namely diphenylaminochloroarsine, diphenylchloroarsine, diphenylcyanarsine, and phenyldichloroarsine. The effect of these irritants is in principle non-lethal.

Keywords: irritant compounds; sternutators; organoarsenic compounds

Received: November 20, 2015; Revised: June 5, 2016; Published: June 14, 2016  Show citation

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