RT Book, Section
A1 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174605696
T1 CYANIDE
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174605696
RD 2022/06/25
AB Cyanide  is  a  highly  toxic  chemical  with  a  variety  of  uses,  including  chemical  synthesis,  laboratory  analysis,  and  metal  plating  and  polishing.  Aliphatic  nitriles  (acrylonitrile  and  propionitrile)  used  in  plastic  manufacturing  are  metabolized  to  cyanide.  The  vasodilator  drug  nitroprusside  releases  cyanide  upon  exposure  to  light  or  through  metabolism.  Natural  sources  of  cyanide  (amygdalin  and  many  other  cyanogenic  glycosides)  are  found  in  apricot  pits,  cassava,  and  many  other  plants  and  seeds,  some  of  which  may  be  important  exposures,  depending  on  ethnobotanical  practices.  Acetonitrile,  a  solvent  that  was  a  component  of  some  artificial  nail  glue  removers,  has  caused  several  pediatric  deaths  due  to  conversion  to  cyanide  in  the  body.