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Application of Gel Systems with Various Biocatalysts Detoxifying Neurotoxic Agents for Pollution Control, Water Purification, and Self-Defense

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The development and potential application of various biosystems based on enzymes and living cells of microorganisms, immobilized into gelcontaining carriers and capable of detoxifying neurotoxic agents such as organophosphorous pesticides and chemical warfare agents as well as products of their destruction are discussed.

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  1. The M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin’s Hills, 1/3, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    Elena Efremenko, Ilya Lyagin, Olga Senko, Denis Gudkov & Segey Varfolomeyev

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  1. University of Sassari, Italy

    Plinio Innocenzi

  2. Ukraine Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

    Yuriy L. Zub

  3. Swedish Life Science University (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

    Vadim G. Kessler

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Efremenko, E., Lyagin, I., Senko, O., Gudkov, D., Varfolomeyev, S. (2008). Application of Gel Systems with Various Biocatalysts Detoxifying Neurotoxic Agents for Pollution Control, Water Purification, and Self-Defense. In: Innocenzi, P., Zub, Y.L., Kessler, V.G. (eds) Sol-Gel Methods for Materials Processing. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8514-7_5

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