cyanogenic

Amygdalin is a cyanogenic glycoside, which when consumed gets converted to cyanide in the human body.

The implicated batch of cassava flour was traced back to a single wholesaler and found to contain high cyanogenic content.

Secretary SAAP (India) highlighted the goitrogenic/ antithyroidal potential of commonly consumed Indian cyanogenic plant foods and stated that Iodine deficiency does not always cause endemic goitre and Iodine supplementation does not always result in complete eradication of goitre; conversely there are epidemiological and experimental evidences that concomitant exposure to other naturally occurring antithyroid agents magnify the severity of goitre.

(2004) Bitter taste in cassava roots correlates with cyanogenic glucoside levels.

exposure is the consumption of plants that contain cyanogenic

Cyanogenic glycosides and alkaloids were determined according to the technique described by Rosales (1989).

The vine Passiflora incarnata produces extrafloral nectar (EFN) to attract ants and contains cyanogenic compounds in its leaves to help ward off herbivores.

The plant contains fatty acids, vitamins, enzymes and the cyanogenic glycoside, amygdalin.

edulis also contain cyanogenic glycosides (prunasin, sambunigrin and amygdalin) in its composition, which can cause adverse effects, if consumed in high quantity, such as respiratory disorders, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness.

About 83% of the total cyanogenic glucosides (linamarin and lotaustralin) are detoxified during processing of cassava tuber into gari [9] and 98% of the cyanide is lost when gari is cooked into eba [10].

Cyanogenic plants are those that have hydrocyanic acid as active principle (AMORIM et al., 2006).