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Mesh term Potassium Cyanide

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Cyanides
Potassium Compounds

Description

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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