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

Preferred term

Potassium Cyanide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Potassium Cyanide (K(14)CN)
  • Potassium Cyanide (K(C(15)N))

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under CYANIDES 1979-90

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