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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicology. 2018 Aug 23;408:101–112. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2018.08.011

Table 1.

Commonly used Organophosphates in the United States and Worldwide and Nerve Agents (representative examples)

Application Representative Examples Representative Chemical Structure
Agricultural
Insecticides		 chlorpyrifos, malathion, diazinon graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0003.jpg
Vector-Born Illness
Prevention		 malathion, fenitrothrion, pirimiphos-methyl, naled graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0004.jpg
Herbicides glyphosate, glufosinate graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0005.jpg
Fungicides iprobenfos, edifenphos graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0006.jpg
Pharmaceutical
Agents		 echothiophate, fosinopril, fotemustine graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0007.jpg
Flame Retardants tris (1, 3 dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate - TDCPP, tris (2chloroethyl) phosphate –
TCEP
tricresyl phosphate (TCP)		 graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0008.jpg
Highly Toxic Nerve
Agents		 sarin, soman, tabun, VX graphic file with name nihms-1505474-t0009.jpg

References: EPA 2017, CDC 2017; Costa 2018; Killeen et al., 2017