Compositions for use to deactivate organophosphates

US5695750A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Bhupandra P. Doctor · Potomac, US
• Donald Maxwell · Baltimore, US
• Ashima Saxena · Fairfax, US
• Zoran Radic · San Diego, US
• Palmer Taylor · Village of La Jolla, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 9, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/18
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of detoxifying organophosphates using mutant cholinesterase which esists aging. The addition of oximes to the cholinesterase further retards aging of the cholinesterase.