Mechanism of cyanide poisoning is by inhibiting -: (A) DNA synthesis, (B) Cytochrome oxidase, (C) Protein breakdown, (D) Protein synthesis
Answer is B. Ans. is 'b' i.e., Cytochrome oxidase o Cyanide inhibits cytochrome oxidase for oxygen utilisation in cells,o Death is due to cytotoxic/ histotoxic anoxia,o It is associated with a characteristic smell of bitter almonds.