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cyanide biosynthetic process

Known as: cyanide synthesis, cyanide anabolism, cyanide biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of cyanide, NC-, the anion of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanide is a potent inhibitor of… 
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2009
2009
Efficient cyanide formation due to impacts of carbonaceous bodies on a planet with a nitrogen‐rich atmosphere
Asteroidal/cometary impacts should have delivered a large amount of organic matter to Earth and other planets during the heavy… 
2008
2008
Hydrogen Cyanide Production Ability by Pseudomonasfluorescence Bacteria and their Inhibition Potential on WeedGermination
This research was undertaken for the purpose of isolation and purification of indigenous Pseudomonas spp. and evaluating its… 
2005
2005
Photolytic degradation of hexacyanoferrate (II) in aqueous media: the determination of the degradation kinetics.
2004
2004
Formation of cyanide from o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile and its toxicological significance
Mice received o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) by i.p. injection (0.5 LD50) or by aerosol exposure (20,000 mg min−1 m−3… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) is essential for acrylonitrile metabolism to cyanide: comparative studies using CYP2E1-null and wild-type mice.
Acrylonitrile (AN) is a rodent carcinogen and suspected human carcinogen. Metabolism of AN proceeds via conjugation with… 
2001
2001
An assessment of the release of inorganic cyanide from the fragrance materials benzyl cyanide, geranyl nitrile and citronellyl nitrile applied dermally to the rat.
Review
1988
Review
1988
Detoxification of cyanide by plants and hormone action.
In higher plants cyanide is a co-product of ethylene synthesis. The increase in ethylene production that occurs during the… 
1985
1985
Properties of a microsomal enzyme system from Linum usitatissimum (linen flax) which oxidizes valine to acetone cyanohydrin and isoleucine to 2-methylbutanone cyanohydrin.
1985
1985
Effect of antidotes of the acute toxicity of methacrylonitrile
SummaryWhen rats were exposed for 30 min to methacrylonitrile at concentrations between 3180 and 5700 ppm, the clinical symptoms… 
1979
1979
Stimulation of cyanide formation by ADP and its possible role in the regulation of nitrate reductase.
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