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Potassium cyanide

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005120

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005120
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoCyanides
TranslationsSpanish: cianuro de potasio
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005120",
  "term": "Potassium cyanide",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "cyanides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cianuro de potasio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/potassium-cyanide/"
}

Record 5,053 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.