LEADER 03437nam 2200673 a 450 001 9911019930703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612347573 010 $a9781282347571 010 $a1282347578 010 $a9780470513712 010 $a0470513713 010 $a9780470513729 010 $a0470513721 035 $a(CKB)1000000000376013 035 $a(EBL)470273 035 $a(OCoLC)609849027 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000293331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272989 035 $a(PQKB)10818719 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470273 035 $a(Perlego)2756842 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000376013 100 $a19881006d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCyanide compounds in biology 210 $aChichester, U.K. ;$aNew York $cJ. Wiley$d1988 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aCiba Foundation symposium ;$v140 300 $a"A Wiley-Interscience publication." 300 $a"Symposium on Cyanide compounds in biology, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 15-17 March 1988"--P. v. 311 08$a9780471919049 311 08$a0471919047 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and indexes. 327 $aCYANIDE COMPOUNDS IN BIOLOGY; Contents; Participants; Introduction; Cyanide utilization and degradation by microorganisms; Microbial hydrolysis of organic nitriles and amides; The industrial potential of microbial nitrile biochemistry; Cyanogenic glucosides: the biosynthetic pathway and the enzyme system involved; Localization and catabolism of cyanogenic glycosides; Detoxification of cyanide by plants and hormone action; The molecular biology of cyanogenesis; Cyanogenesis and the role of cyanogenic compounds in insects; Cyanogenesis in animal-plant interactions; General discussion 327 $aDetermination of cyanide and cyanogenic compounds systems in biologicalMammalian cyanide detoxification with sulphane sulphur; Nutritional and biochemical factors influencing the biological effects of cyanide; The mechanism of cyanide intoxication and its antagonism; Final general discussion; Chairman's summary; Index of Contributors; Subject Index 330 $aComprises the proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, March 1988. Contributors present an international, interdisciplinary approach to the biology and biological chemistry of cyanide and related compounds. Addressed are the microbial metabolism of HCN and organic nitrile compounds, cyanogenesis in higher plants, qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis of cyanogenic glycosides, and detoxification of hydrogen cyanide by animals. 410 0$aCiba Foundation symposium ;$v140. 606 $aCyanides$xPhysiological effect$vCongresses 606 $aCyanides$xMetabolism$vCongresses 606 $aCyanides$xMetabolic detoxification$vCongresses 615 0$aCyanides$xPhysiological effect 615 0$aCyanides$xMetabolism 615 0$aCyanides$xMetabolic detoxification 676 $a574.19/214 712 12$aSymposium on Cyanide Compounds in Biology$f(1988 :$eLondon, England) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019930703321 996 $aCyanide compounds in biology$9366296 997 $aUNINA