If Apple Pips Make Me Feel Sick Then Why Do I Eat Them?

[Faboba]

Any idea?

[Asher]

You're Really Stupid

[ixnay]

What is an apple pip?

[Faboba]

Originally posted by ixnay
What is an apple pip?

The little brown seeds ( usually around six per apple or so? ) found within the core that taste horrible and are filled with a mild poison and laxative if I remember correctly.

[Sonic]

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[Faboba]

'Then Mark', perhaps?

Fear not, fair children, when the nightman cometh.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Faboba


The little brown seeds ( usually around six per apple or so? ) found within the core that taste horrible and are filled with a mild poison and laxative if I remember correctly.

Cyanide (or so I'm told)

[Sava]

Sonic... that was good

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin


Cyanide (or so I'm told)

Hmmm... possibly some kind of cyanogenic compound but cyanide can kill in even very small doses so I doubt it could be t...

Rosebud.

[Az]

I always wondered. when people say cianide, what kind of compound do they mean, exactly? is it Hidrogen Cyianide HCN? or is it something else? in chemistry, cianide means that ti contains a -CN ending.

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Azazel
I always wondered. when people say cianide, what kind of compound do they mean, exactly? is it Hidrogen Cyianide HCN? or is it something else? in chemistry, cianide means that ti contains a -CN ending.

Whether due to academic shortcomings or differing international terminology I don't follow you. What is 'ti'?

Ah right, I get you. Um... as far as I know it has to have the -CN group like you say to be considered cyanogenic but mostly when people speak of cyanide they are talking about hydrogen cyanide.

In what way is Cyanide poisonous anyway? Is it a catalitic poison like lead?

[Az]

"it".

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Azazel
"it".

Oh right... I took it to be some exotic abbreviation for structural formulae.

[Goingonit]

Cyanide attaches to certain enzymes, preventing cellular respiration and thus denying oxygen to your vital organs.

[The Mad Monk]

I'm not entirely sure, but vitamin B-12, cyanocobalamin, is intimately tied into cellular metabolism, and includes a -CN group. Chances are that other -CN compounds find their way into the position B-12 usually occupies, and blocks things up. The fact that just about every cyanide compound I can think of (Except B-12) is toxic seems to support this.