Biomaterial Database

[The threat represented by toxins: myth or reality?]. 2000

H Sentenac-Roumanou

The reasons underlying our fear of the use of toxins as new weapons different from chemical agents are discussed together with the conditions required for their use on the battlefield. The undeniable scientific contribution of toxins as pharmacological tools for the study of neurosciences and disease genesis and their prophylaxis is emphasized. In conclusion, the threat for mankind constituted by proliferation of this novel class of agents is stressed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011041	Poisoning	A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection, inhalation of or exposure to a deleterious agent.	Poisonings
D002618	Chemical Warfare	Tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases.	Warfare, Chemical,Chemical Warfares,Warfares, Chemical
D005239	Fear	The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.	Threat Cues,Threat Sensitivity,Cue, Threat,Fears,Sensitivity, Threat,Threat Cue,Threat Sensitivities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000931	Antidotes	Agents counteracting or neutralizing the action of POISONS.	Antidote,Theriacs