Mustard oil bomb

Figure 4.1 The mustard oil bomb in flower stalks of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of S-cells (with glucosinolates) and adjacent myrosin cells (with myrosinase). This is illustrated by transverse (A,C) and longitudinal (B) sections of a pedicel, analyzed by light microscopy (A,B) and transmission electron microscopy (C). The myrosin cells (m) are in contact with the S-cells (S-c), situated inside the starch sheath ( ) (A,B,C). The myrosin cells are located peripherally in the phloem tissue other cells of the phloem include sieve elements (s) and companion cells (cc, in (C) only).

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Germany produced a range of mustard filled artillery shells, mortar shells, 250 and 500 kg bombs, rockets and spray tanks. They favoured using mustard gas in conjunction with other chemicals such as arsenic oil - a mixture of phenyldichloroarsine (50%), diphenylchloroarsine (35%), arsenic (HI) chloride (5%) and triphenylarsine (5%) and diphenylchloroarsine. The Germans also used DM as a filling in base ejection shells, HE shells, aerial bombs and smoke candles. They also used a diphenylchloroarsine solution as a filling for rockets. After the war most of the German... 

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