The pesticide is not approved for use on plants that are combusted, such as tobacco or cannabis, and is known to emit
hydrogen cyanide when heated.
Not exact matches
Last year, researchers found that in conditions mimicking those sparked by a comet or meteorite impact, intense heat and pressure converted formamide (which forms
when hydrogen cyanide reacts with water) and other simple substances into the four information - bearing nucleobases in RNA, a likely genetic precursor to DNA.
From all of these studies, our overall conclusion is as follows: you may well benefit from the cooking of flaxseeds as a way of decreasing your
cyanide - related risks, but you also may have no compelling reason to do so, since (1) the amount of CGs contained in 1 - 2 tablespoons is relatively small; (2) not all CGs will get broken down by enzymes and converted into
hydrogen cyanide; and (3) if
hydrogen cyanide does get created, most healthy persons will be able to detoxify it
when it is present in such relatively small amounts.
And even
when beta - glucosidase does break apart the CGs, there's an enzyme in our body called rhodanase that can convert
hydrogen cyanide into the relatively non-toxic form of thiocyanate.
When beta - glucosidase is unavailable or ineffective in breaking apart the CGs, we don't get faced with the
hydrogen cyanide risk.
When burned, cigarettes release an amazing 7,000 chemicals including ammonia, arsenic, benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde,
hydrogen cyanide, lead, mercury, nicotine, toluene and uranium - 236.