Inhibition kinetic assays were conducted with several highly relevant surrogates for sarin, VX and cyclosarin and insecticidal organophosphates in rat brain, mouse brain and purified human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase.
With the exception of chlorpyrifos-oxon, the nerve agent surrogates were more potent inhibitors than the other organophosphates.
The potencies of the nerve agent surrogates were proportional to the toxicities of the nerve agents, cyclosarin > VX > sarin.