Deliriants: Scopolamine, 3-Quinuclidinyl Benzilate, Datura, Atropine, Mandrake, Datura Stramonium, Atropa Belladonna, Diphenhydram
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ISBN10: 1155526333
ISBN13: 9781155526331
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781155526331
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Scopolamine, 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate, Datura, Atropine, Mandrake, Datura stramonium, Atropa belladonna, Diphenhydramine, Brugmansia, Hyoscyamus niger, Datura inoxia, Dimenhydrinate, Datura wrightii, Deliriant, Ditran, N-Ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate, EA-3443, N-Methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate, CAR-302,196, CAR-226,086, EA-3167, EA-3580, EA-3834, CAR-301,060, Benactyzine. Excerpt: 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB, BZ, EA-2277), IUPAC name 1-azabicycloOct-3-yl -hydroxy- -phenylbenzeneacetate, is an odorless military incapacitating agent. Its NATO code is BZ. The Iraqi incapacitating agent Agent 15 is believed either to be the same as or similar to BZ. BZ is a glycolate anticholinergic compound related to atropine, scopolamine, hyoscyamine, and other deliriants. Dispersal would be as an aerosolized solid (primarily for inhalation) or as agent dissolved in one or more solvents for ingestion or percutaneous absorption. Acting as a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholine at postsynaptic and postjunctional muscarinic receptor sites in smooth muscle, exocrine glands, autonomic ganglia, and the brain, BZ decreases the effective concentration of acetylcholine seen by receptors at these sites. Thus, BZ causes PNS effects that in general are the opposite of those seen in nerve agent poisoning. CNS effects include stupor, confusion, and confabulation with concrete and panoramic illusions and hallucinations, and with regression to automatic phantom behaviors such as plucking and disrobing. Physostigmine, which increases the concentration of acetylcholine in synapses and in neuromuscular and neuroglandular junctions, is a specific antidote. Production of BZ is controlled under schedule 2 of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Following World War II, the United States military investigated a wide range of possible nonlethal, psychobehavi...