Title: Which fruits contain cyanide compounds?

Category: Toxicology

Keywords: cyanide (PubMed Search)

Posted: 5/15/2008 by Fermin Barrueto (Updated: 3/4/2026)

 Toxicology Trivia for $1000 - These are in fruits of the "rose" family and in some roots that contain cyanogenic glycosides and other cyanide containing compounds. It would actually take a fair amount of work to ingest enough to reach toxicity: