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NITROGEN MUSTARD [3 records]

Record 1 2001-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacy
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

Any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, ... analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacie
  • Maladies des animaux
OBS

Utilisée comme médicament anticancéreux.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

[in plant breeding] the mutagenic chemicals are all alkylating agents of which seven groups have been recognized: sulphur mustards, nitrogen mustards, epoxides, ethylene-imines, sulphates and sulphonates, diazoalkanes and nitroso-compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

On a identifié sept agents chimiques mutagènes à base d'alkyle: les sulfures de la moutarde, les azotes de la moutarde, l'époxyde, l'éthylène-imine, les sulfates et les sulfonates, les diazoalkanes, et les composés nitreux.

Spanish

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