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Inorganic Chemicals > Potassium Compounds > Potassium Cyanide
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Cyanides > Potassium Cyanide
Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Hydrogen Cyanide > Cyanides > Potassium Cyanide
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Hydrogen Cyanide > Cyanides > Potassium Cyanide

Preferred term

Potassium Cyanide  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A highly poisonous compound that is an inhibitor of many metabolic processes, but has been shown to be an especially potent inhibitor of heme enzymes and hemeproteins. It is used in many industrial processes.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 151-50-8 (Potassium Cyanide)
  • 39553-04-3 (K((14)CN))
  • 5297-01-8 (K(C(15)N))
  • 5373-08-0 (K((14)CN))
  • MQD255M2ZO
  • Potassium cyanide (K(CN))

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Cyanure de potassium

    French

  • 151-50-8 (Potassium Cyanide)
  • 39553-04-3 (K((14)CN))
  • 5297-01-8 (K(C(15)N))
  • 5373-08-0 (K((14)CN))
  • KCN
  • MQD255M2ZO
  • Potassium cyanide (K(CN))

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P715VH2W-X

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