Blood agent
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(Redirected from Cyanogen agent)
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| (A subset of Weapons of mass destruction) |
| Lethal agents |
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| Blood agents |
| Cyanogen chloride |
| Hydrogen cyanide |
| Blister agents |
| Lewisite |
| Sulfur mustard gas (HD and THD, HT) |
| Nerve agents |
| G-Agents |
| GA (tabun), GB (sarin) GD (soman), GF (cyclosarin) |
| V-Agents |
| VE, VG, VM, VX |
| Pulmonary agents |
| Chlorine |
| Chloropicrin (PS) |
| Phosgene (DP) |
| Diphosgene (CG) |
| Non-lethal agents |
| Incapacitating agents |
| BZ / Agent 15 |
| KOLOKOL-1 |
| Riot control agents |
| Pepper spray (OC) |
| CS gas |
| CN gas |
| CR gas |
A blood agent (also called a cyanogen agent) is a compound that prevents the normal transfer of oxygen from the blood to the body tissues, resulting in chemical asphyxiation. The term is a misnomer, however, because these agents are not effective at disrupting this transfer. Rather, they exert their toxic effect not in the blood but at the cellular level, by interrupting the electron transport chain in the inner membranes of mitochondria.
Examples of blood agents include
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