Sökning: "linamarin"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet linamarin.

1. 1. Cassava processing, consumption and dietary cyanide exposure

   Författare :Adeyinka Onabolu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Cassava; gari; linamarin; cyanohydrin; cyanogens; cyanide.;

   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

3. 2. A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective

   Författare :Linley Chiwona-Karltun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Cassava; bitter; sweet; cyanogenic glucosides; cyanide; sensory analysis; taste; theft; women; food security; SSR-markers; molecular genetics; plant morphology; Malawi; Africa;

   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