環沙林

環沙林（Cyclosarin）是一種有極強毒性的物質，也是一種神經毒劑。根據聯合國安理會687號決議，環沙林被視為化學武器，被列為大規模殺傷性武器。

歷史
納粹德國化學武器博士格哈德·施拉德（Gerhard Schrader）發現並合成環沙林。當時施拉德博士正在試驗一系列的有機磷化合物，以切斷神經系統傳遞去作為殺蟲劑。

分類
環沙林是「G系列」的神經毒素，「G系列」還包括沙林(sarin)、梭曼(soman)(GD)和塔崩。

參閱

• CBWInfo.com. (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090108001218/http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemical/Nerve/GF.shtml Factsheets on Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents: CF]. Retrieved October 30, 2004
• United States Central Intelligence Agency. (July 15, 1996). [http://www.fas.org/irp/gulf/cia/960715/72569.htm Stability of Iraq's Chemical Weapon Stockpile] Retrieved October 30, 2004
• Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. (Oct. 19, 2004). [http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/khamisiyah_tech/kham_tech_tabbi.htm Chemical Properties of Sarin and Cyclosarin] Retrieved October 30, 2004
• [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/07/mil-040702-centcom01.htm Press release from Centcom] confirming that the chemical munitions found by the Poles dated back to before the 1991 Gulf War, and, thus, could not represent a threat.

*A laboratory history of chemical warfare agents (2006) edition 2 Jared Ledgard.