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Stress factors drought frost herbicide drift insect damage and mechanical injury and rapid plant growth rate can increase the production of the cyanogenic glycoside. This disorder is most likely to occur immediately after a killing frost. Pin On Our Future Ranch Prussic acid poisoning is most likely to occur when grazing occurs. What is prussic acid poisoning . It was discovered in the early 1900s that under certain conditions sorghum is capable of releasing hydrocyanic acid HCN or prussic acid which makes them potentially dangerous for grazing. Why prussic acid is deadly to humans It was the smell of almonds is the hallmark of hydrocyanic acid and its salts decaying rapidly with increasing temperature. Prussic acid also known as hydrocyanic acid or cyanide is a rapidly acting lethal toxin. These toxic compounds are found in the outer tissue of the plant and the enzymes that. Under the restrictions of the worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention prussic acid is considered a S...