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agent orange

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Description

Agent Orange: A herbicide that contains equal parts of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), as well as traces of the contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID38264
MeSH IDM0076786

Synonyms (14)

Synonym
agent orange
acetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-, butyl ester and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (45.5%:48.2%)
(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid, butyl ester, mixt. with butyl (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
acetic acid, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, butyl ester, mixt. with butyl (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
unii-kqw750jqe5
(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid - (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (1:1)
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2,4-d butyl ester mixt. with 2,4,5-t butyl ester
acetic acid, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, butyl ester, mixt. with butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate (1:1)
butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate; butyl2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
DTXSID70895783
butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
Q26840747

Research Excerpts

Overview

Agent Orange is a powerful herbicide that contains dioxin and was used during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange is linked to a variety of malignancies in as early as 1991.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Agent Orange is a powerful herbicide that contains dioxin and was used during the Vietnam War. "( Agent Orange Exposure and Dementia Diagnosis in US Veterans of the Vietnam Era.
Barnes, DE; Byers, AL; Li, Y; Martinez, S; Peltz, CB; Yaffe, K, 2021
)
3.51
"Agent Orange is an herbicide sprayed widely in Vietnam that is linked to a variety of malignancies in as early as 1991.Since then, there has been concern for, and subsequent interest in studying, the potential connection between Agent Orange and other malignancies. "( A review of Agent Orange and its associated oncologic risk of genitourinary cancers.
Benson, M; Chang, C; Fam, MM, 2017
)
2.28

Effects

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Agent Orange (AO) has been linked with multiple malignant and nonmalignant conditions."( Effect of Exposure to Agent Orange on the Risk of Monoclonal Gammopathy and Subsequent Transformation to Multiple Myeloma: A Single-Center Experience From the Veterans Affairs Hospital, Detroit.
Ahmed, S; Bumma, N; Chowdhury, T; Hemingway, G; Jasti, P; Kim, S; Miyashita, H; Nagasaka, M; Vankayala, HM, 2020
)
1.59

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Specifically, the mechanisms of dissipation and degradation as they relate to environmental distribution and bioavailability are addressed."( Environmental fate and bioavailability of Agent Orange and its associated dioxin during the Vietnam War.
Giesy, JP; Jones, PD; Newton, M; Young, AL, 2004
)
0.59
" Photochemical degradation of TCDD and limited bioavailability of any residual TCDD present in soil or on vegetation suggest that dioxin concentrations in ground troops who served in Vietnam would have been small and indistinguishable from background levels even if they had been in recently treated areas."( Environmental fate and bioavailability of Agent Orange and its associated dioxin during the Vietnam War.
Giesy, JP; Jones, PD; Newton, M; Young, AL, 2004
)
0.59
"Serum dioxin studies of Vietnam (VN) veterans, military historical records of tactical herbicide use in Vietnam, and the compelling evidence of the photodegradation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and other aspects of environmental fate and low bioavailability of TCDD are consistent with few, if any, ground troop veterans being exposed to Agent Orange."( Agent Orange exposure and attributed health effects in Vietnam veterans.
Cecil, PF; Young, AL, 2011
)
1.98

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" From the fraction of TCDD in AO, absorbed dosage of the manufacturing contaminant was estimated."( Exposure to TCDD from base perimeter application of Agent Orange in Vietnam.
Armitage, J; Ginevan, ME; Hewitt, A; Ross, JH; Solomon, K; Watkins, DK, 2015
)
0.67
" In intra-burst-intervals, decreased frontal delta power and increased frontal and parietal alpha power values in the left hemisphere and temporal beta power values in the right hemisphere were associated with increased TCDD exposure, with significant dose-response relationships."( Effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on neonatal electroencephalography (EEG) activity of the quiet sleep stage in the most contaminated area from Agent Orange in Vietnam.
Do, Q; Le, VQ; Nghiem, TTG; Nishijo, H; Nishijo, M; Nishino, Y; Pham, NT; Pham, TT; Phan, HAV; Takiguchi, T; Tran, HA; Tran, NN; Vu, TH, 2021
)
0.82
" Data for children conceived after the start of Vietnam War service for participants with measured dioxin values were used to estimate dose-response curves for the effect of dioxin exposure on the occurrence of each of the eight general categories of birth defects and developmental disabilities."( An analysis of birth defects and developmental disabilities for children of participants of the Air Force Health Study.
Knafl, GJ, 2023
)
0.91
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (336)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199088 (26.19)18.7374
1990's51 (15.18)18.2507
2000's77 (22.92)29.6817
2010's88 (26.19)24.3611
2020's32 (9.52)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 95.52

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index95.52 (24.57)
Research Supply Index5.90 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.65 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index173.53 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (95.52)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials4 (1.11%)5.53%
Reviews35 (9.72%)6.00%
Case Studies19 (5.28%)4.05%
Observational1 (0.28%)0.25%
Other301 (83.61%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]