Tokyo, Dec. 26 (Jiji Press)--Chisako Kakehi, a 78-year-old death-row inmate known as a "black widow" who was convicted in ...

The roots of the bitter variety contain a cyanogenetic glycoside, linamarin, which is hydrolysed to glucose, acetone and hydrocyanic acid by the enzyme linase.

sulfuric acid, DDT and, after 1929, Zyklon-B (hydrocyanic acid) - the same gas used in the Holocaust's death camps. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of ...