Blood agent

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This article forms part of the series Chemical warfare
(A subset of Weapons of mass destruction)
Lethal agents
Blood agents
Cyanogen chloride (CK)
Hydrogen cyanide (AC)
Blister agents
Lewisite (L)
Sulfur mustard gas (HD, H, HT, HL, HQ)
Nitrogen mustard gas (HN1, HN2, HN3)
Nerve agents
G-Agents
Tabun (GA), Sarin (GB) Soman (GD), Cyclosarin (GF)
V-Agents
VE, VG, VM, VX
Pulmonary agents
Chlorine
Chloropicrin (PS)
Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Non-lethal agents
Incapacitating agents
Agent 15 (BZ)
KOLOKOL-1
Riot control agents
Pepper spray (OC)
CS gas
CN gas
CR gas

A blood agent or cyanogen agent is a chemical compound, containing the cyanide group, that prevents the body from utilizing oxygen. The term "blood agent" is a misnomer, however, because these agents do not actually affect the blood in any way. Rather, they exert their toxic effect at the cellular level, by interrupting the electron transport chain in the inner membranes of mitochondria (see cyanide).

Examples of blood agents include cyanogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide.

See also

• Cyanide

 

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