Arsenical
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An arsenical is a arsenic
-containing compound.
Examples include:
Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As, atomic number 33 and relative atomic mass 74.92. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulfur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal. It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.Arsenic is a metalloid...
-containing compound.
Examples include:
- arsanilic acid
- arsenamideArsenamideArsenamide is an arsenical. It is a proposed chemotherapeutic agent against filaria and trichomonas....
- arsenates
- arsenites
- arsphenamineArsphenamineArsphenamine, also known as Salvarsan and 606, is a drug that was used beginning in the 1910s to treat syphilis and trypanosomiasis...
- p-azobenzenearsonateP-Azobenzenearsonatep-Azobenzenearsonate is an arsenical. It causes antibody formation and delayed hypersensitivity when bound to aromatic amino acids, polypeptides or proteins. It is used as an immunologic research tool....
- cacodylic acidCacodylic acidCacodylic acid is the chemical compound with the formula 2AsO2H. Derivatives of cacodylic acid, cacodylates, were frequently used as herbicides. For example, "Agent Blue," one of the chemicals used during the Vietnam War, is a mixture of cacodylic acid and sodium cacodylate...
- melarsoprolMelarsoprolMelarsoprol is a medicinal drug used in the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. It is also sold under the trade names “Mel B” and “Melarsen Oxide-BAL.”...
- roxarsone