Definition: Organic compounds containing the -CN radical. The concept is distinguished from CYANIDES, which denotes inorganic salts of HYDROGEN CYANIDE.
organic cpds having -CN radical: differentiate from CYANIDES which are inorganic with -CN
vildagliptin [ (2S)-(((3-hydroxyadamantan-1-yl)amino)acetyl)pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile,Galvus,NVP-LAF237 ] a potent, selective and orally bio-available dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitor; structure in first source