THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR POTASSIUM CYANIDE PICTURE

The second and minimal metabolic pathway includes the reaction of cyanide with cystine to produce cysteine and β-thiocyanoalanine (Wooden and Cooley 1955).A number of dietary deficiencies may raise the possibility of deleterious cyanide effects. Iodine deficiency is involved in the etiology of this kind of thyroid disorders as goiter and cretinism