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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Biochem Biophys. 2009 Dec 11;494(2):107. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.12.005

Table 1.

Half-time of aging for human acetylcholinesterase and human butyrylcholinesterase inhibited by organophosphorus compounds

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Human AChE
OP R1 R2 t (°C) pH t1/2 Reference
soman * (CH3)3C(CH3)CHO CH3 27 8.0 6.3 min [61]
sarin (CH3)2CHO CH3 37 8.0 3.9 h [62]
cyclosarin cyclohexyl-O CH3 37 7.4 8.7 h [63]
tabun (CH3)2N CH3CH2O 37 7.4 13.6 h [64]
DFP (CH3)2CHO (CH3)2CHO 37 7.8 4.4 h [65]
paraoxon-ethyl CH3CH2O CH3CH2O 37 41 h [63]
paraoxon-methyl CH3O CH3O 37 7.4 3.7 h [66]
Human BChE
OP R1 R2 t (°C) pH t1/2
soman* (CH3)3C(CH3)CHO CH3 25 8.0 9 min [67]
sarin (CH3)2CHO CH3 37 7.4 5.8–6.4 h [64]
cyclosarin cyclohexyl-O CH3 37 7.4 2.2 h [63]
tabun (CH3)2N CH3CH2O 37 7.4 6.1–6.4 h [64]
DFP (CH3)2CHO (CH3)2CHO 37 7.8 28 min [65]
paraoxon-ethyl CH3CH2O CH3CH2O 20 8 11.6 h [63]
paraoxon-methyl CH3O CH3O 37 7.4 3.9 h [66]
*

racemic soman