Cyanide Compounds in Biology
Author: David Evered
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-30
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0470513721
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Comprises the proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, March 1988. Contributors present an international, interdisciplinary approach to the biology and biological chemistry of cyanide and related compounds. Addressed are the microbial metabolism of HCN and organic nitrile compounds, cyanogenesis in higher plants, qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis of cyanogenic glycosides, and detoxification of hydrogen cyanide by animals.