Sökning: "cyanogenic glucosides"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden cyanogenic glucosides.
1. Cassava Processing: Safety and Protein Fortification
Sammanfattning : Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important and cheap source of carbohydrate in tropical regions, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa. Cassava as a human food is a good source of energy as it has a comparable high energy density of about 610 kJ/100 g fresh root. LÄS MER
2. A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective
Sammanfattning : Ethnographers report from both South America and Africa that cassava farmers classify cultivars as belonging to either of two groups, "bitter" or "sweet", and that farmers prefer to grow "bitter" cultivars as the staple crop. It remains contentious if the two groups and whether bitterness in taste reflects the content of cyanogenic glucosides in cassava roots. LÄS MER
3. Cassava processing, consumption and dietary cyanide exposure
Sammanfattning : Cassava is a major component of the diet of more than half a billion people in the tropics. Cassava is an important crop in the farming system in the tropics because it can be intercropped with many other crops, and yields well in poor soils. LÄS MER
4. The causation of konzo : studies on a paralytic disease in Africa
Sammanfattning : Epidemics of a permanent, non-progressive spastic paraparesis with sudden onset hasbeen reported from several rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in East Africasuggested an association with dietary cyanide intake from unprocessed cassava. LÄS MER