Millet does not contain prussic acid which can be in sorghum.
For example, prussic acid is chemically stable only for a limited period of time.
The enzyme maltase decomposes it into glucose and mandelic nitrile glucoside; the latter is broken down by emulsin into glucose, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.
A group may also be constructed to include the cyanogenic glucosides, i.e. those containing prussic acid.
From 1923, he worked on the catalytic dehydration of formamide to prussic acid in the indigo laboratory, developing this procedure for industrial use.
Like the utilisation of highly concentrated liquid prussic acid, the pot method has disadvantages.
In fact, he set about the distillation of laurel water (which contained prussic acid).
Fresh growth of grass is sometimes high in prussic acid content and can cause poisoning of grazing livestock.
