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cyanogenetic

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cyanogenetic, cyanogenic
generating or giving rise to cyanide.
cyanogenetic glycosides
potentially poisonous cyanide radicals are found in plants in the form of cyanogenetic glycosides, in which form they are not poisonous. The glycosides may be broken down by plant enzymes or by rumen microorganisms and the material then releases its cyanide.
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Cyanogenetic plants These contain under certain conditions, prussic acid (hydrocyanic acid), a deadly poison which interferes with the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood.
The goat barn: Poisonous plants shouldn't be one of them by ACE, D. L.; HUTCHINSON, L. J.; HAENLEIN, G. F. W. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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