Thin-layer chromatography of mustard and its metabolites.
Since its recently alleged use in the Middle East armed conflict, the chemical agent mustard has been in the news. Exposure to mustard causes extremely painful physiological manifestations. On entering the biological system, it is metabolized and converted into various products. This paper describes a rapid screening method for the identification of some of its common metabolites.
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U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5425.
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D001711:Biotransformation; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D009150:Mustard Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D009151:Mustard Gas / Q000032:analysis*; D012997:Solvents
D009150:Mustard Compounds; D012997:Solvents; D009151:Mustard Gas