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.
    

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Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist

Über ein Einwirkung von Cyankalium auf Pyronin- und Acridinium-Farbstoffe / P. Ehrlich und L. Benda.

Scattergood, Thomas (1825-1900)

Cases of Poisoning by Aconitum Napellus (and Cyanide of Potassium)

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Potassium Cyanide

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Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist

Über ein Einwirkung von Cyankalium auf Pyronin- und Acridinium-Farbstoffe / P. Ehrlich und L. Benda.

Scattergood, Thomas (1825-1900)

Cases of Poisoning by Aconitum Napellus (and Cyanide of Potassium)