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Mustard Gas

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Definition: Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).  D25-26 qualif   
Pharmacological Action Chemical Warfare Agents; Dermatologic Agents 		Other names Sulfur Mustard; Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide; Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl; Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl; Mustard, Sulfur; Gas, Mustard; Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide; Yperite; Yellow Cross Liquid; Psoriazin; Mustardgas; Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide; Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
2-chloroethyl butyl sulfide  4303-40-6   Mustard Gas/*analogs & derivatives. Toxicology 1989;58(1):11
2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide  693-07-2   Mustard Gas/*analogs & derivatives. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1981;61(1):147
acridine yperite  0   *Acridines *Mustard Gas. Antibiotiki 24(1):3;1979

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