Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 1994-11-01

Safe disposal of diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP).

G Lunn, E B Sansone

Index: Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 49(2) , 165-72, (1994)

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Abstract

Diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP), a volatile highly toxic enzyme inhibitor, in buffer (pH 3, pH 5, pH 7, pH 9, pH 11, Hank's, Dulbecco's, PBS, TBE, and HEPES) or water (10 mM), in DMF solution (200 mM), and bulk quantities can be degraded by adding 1M NaOH. The DFP was completely degraded, as determined by enzymatic assay, and the final reaction mixtures were not mutagenic.