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- orgánafosfáit Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- OP Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- organophosphates | organophosphate | organic phosphates | organic phosphate | OPs
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- Definition class of organophosphorus compounds with the general structure O=P(OR)3, a central phosphate molecule with alkyl or aromatic substituents Reference "Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Organophosphate (17.12.2024)"
- Comment 1. They include organophosphates, where RO group is replaced by an alkyl (R-) group, and organothiophosphates where oxygen in P=O is subsituted by S.2. They are used as pesticides, herbicides, insecticides as well as veterinary medicines. Many of them, but not all, are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, which disrupt the transmission of nerve signals in exposed organisms, with fatal results.
- organophosphates
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- Definition Compuestos orgánicos derivados del ácido fosfórico, utilizados principalmente como plaguicidas e insecticidas. Reference "COM-ES, a partir de: Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS): Documentos sobre plaguicidas y sustancias químicas (29.1.2025)"
- Comment Actúan inhibiendo la enzima acetilcolinesterasa, provocando efectos neurotóxicos en insectos y, en altas exposiciones, en humanos y animales.