"Potassium Cyanide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.625.400.100.750 D01.745.635
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Potassium Cyanide" by people in Profiles.
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Antidotal efficacies of the cyanide antidote candidate dimethyl trisulfide alone and in combination with cobinamide derivatives. Toxicol Mech Methods. 2019 Jul; 29(6):438-444.
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Stereospecific effect of naloxone hydrochloride on cyanide intoxication. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1986 May; 83(3):525-30.