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  Cyanide Poisoning | Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment …

  Cyanide-generating glycosides also found in the pits of apricots and other related plants. Cyanide is generated by breakdown of nitroprusside; poisoning can result from rapid high-dose infusions. Also formed by metabolism of acetonitrile, found in some over-the-counter fingernail glue removers.

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  Courtroom suicide: Man took cyanide after verdict - Police1

  2012727 · PHOENIX — A former Wall Street trader who collapsed in court after being found guilty of arson and later died committed suicide by taking cyanide, according to an autopsy released Friday. The Maricopa County medical examiner’s office toxicology tests showed that Michael Marin had the poison in his system. After he was found guilty of …

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  Cyanide | ToxFAQs™ | ATSDR

  Cyanide is a very poisonous chemical. Exposure to high levels of cyanide harms the brain and heart, and may cause coma and death. Exposure to lower levels may result in breathing difficulties, heart pains, vomiting, blood changes, headaches, and enlargement of the thyroid gland. Cyanide has been found in at least 415 of the 1,430 National Priorities List sites …

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  War criminal who killed himself in court died from cyanide poisoning

  2021413 · Amygdalin ( d -Mandelonitrile 6- O -β- d -glucosido-β- d -glucoside) is a natural cyanogenic glycoside occurring in the seeds of some edible plants, such as bitter almonds and peaches. It is a medically interesting but controversial compound as it has anticancer activity on one hand and can be toxic via enzymatic degradation and …

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  CDC | Case Definition: Cyanide Poisoning

  Inhalation of cyanide gas or ingestion of cyanide salts typically leads to confusion, headache, nausea/vomiting, dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia, and hypotension. In severe poisoning, additional signs and symptoms include bradypnea/apnea, bradycardia, seizure, coma, cardiovascular collapse, and death. Nonspecific laboratory findings include ...

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  Oh, Those Movie Spies and Their Cyanide Pills | WIRED

  2013420 · Wired Science blogger Deborah Blum does a quick fact-check on the disfigurement-by-cyanide plot in Skyfall.

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  Cyanide poisoning: Video, Anatomy & Definition …

  An oral dose of 200 mg of potassium cyanide is considered a fatal ingestion. Features of cyanide poisoning typically develop 15 to 30 minutes after ingestion of cyanide salts. Exposure to cyanogens can result in delayed symptoms and signs because the parent compound must be metabolized before cyanide is produced.

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