Science. 1963 Mar 22;139(3560):1218-20. doi: 10.1126/science.139.3560.1218.
The cyanogenic secretion of the polydesmoid millipede Apheloria corrugata (Wood) is discharged from paired, serially arranged glands, each consisting of two compartments. In one compartment is stored an undissociated cyanogenic compound, and in the other, a chemical factor that triggers cyanogenesis. The gland is constructed in such a way that the contents of the two compartments are mixed, and cyanogenesis is initiated, at the very instant of discharge. The stored cyanide precursor may be mandelonitrile.
多足目节肢动物皱足土鳖 Apheloria corrugata(Wood)的氰化物分泌物由成对的、依次排列的腺体排出,每个腺体由两个隔室组成。一个隔室中储存未离解的氰化物化合物,另一个隔室中储存触发氰化物生成的化学因子。这种腺体的结构使得两个隔室中的内容物在排出的瞬间混合,并引发氰化物生成。储存的氰化物前体可能是扁桃腈。