Miracle Cure?
Miracle Cure?
Posted Apr 27, 2014 4:59 UTC (Sun) by viro (subscriber, #7872)In reply to: Miracle Cure? by mjg59
Parent article: A note from your editor
That, or a confusion with methaemoglobin. That one *does* bind cyanide, but that's actually a mechanism of an antidote, not poisoning (amyl nitrite leads to conversion of hb to methb and methb binds cyanide stronger than cytochrome c).
Posted May 2, 2014 18:40 UTC (Fri)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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Swallow that, and it preferentially binds cyanide and takes it out of circulation for you.
Cheers,
Miracle Cure?
I can't remember exactly what it is, but when working with cyanide people usually have a simple antidote to hand. Iirc, it's two simple solutions which, when mixed, form some ferrOUS chemical. You can't keep it pre-mixed because it oxidises to ferrIC.
Wol