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MeSH Heading: Potassium Cyanide
Tree Number(s): D01.625.400.100.750; D01.745.635
Unique ID: D011190
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011190
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.
Entry Term(s): Potassium Cyanide (K(14)CN); Potassium Cyanide (K(C(15)N))
Pharm Action: Enzyme Inhibitors
Poisons
Related Numbers: 151-50-8; 39553-04-3; 5297-01-8; 5373-08-0
CAS Type 1 Name: Potassium cyanide (K(CN))
Previous Indexing: Cyanides (1966-1978); Potassium (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CYANIDES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under CYANIDES 1979-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/03/13
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

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therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

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