title: [Comparison of the reactivating effect of BI-6, a new asymmetrical bispyridinium oxime, with oxime HI-6 and obidoxime on soman-inhibited acetylcholinesterase in the diaphragm and various parts of the brain in rats].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute poisoning with the highly toxic organophosphorus agent, soman, is not treated satisfactorily even by the most modern antidotes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In experiments on rats, the reactivating effect of a new asymmetric bispyridinium oxime BI-6 was compared with widely used oximes HI-6 and obidoxime by investigating the changes of soman-inhibited acetylcholinesterase activity in the diaphragm and various parts of the brain in rats up to three hours following soman challenge. Our findings confirm that the new oxime BI-6 is a more effective reactivator of soman-inhibited acetylcholinesterase than obidoxime but not as effective as the oxime HI-6 especially in the peripheral compartment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new oxime BI-6 is not as effective as HI-6 which seems to have definite advantages over other oximes in the treatment of soman poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Vojenská lékarská akademie JEP, Hradec Králové.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kassa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bajgar
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000633:toxicity; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D002801:Cholinesterase Reactivators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009768:Obidoxime Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010091:Oximes / Q000494:pharmacology; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012999:Soman / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; C118647:BI 6; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D002801:Cholinesterase Reactivators; D010091:Oximes; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D009768:Obidoxime Chloride; D012999:Soman; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; C022870:asoxime chloride