Toxicity of cyanogenic glycosides
โ Scribed by O.L. Oke
- Book ID
- 103708870
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 788 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-8146
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The cyanogenic glycosides belong to the products of secondary metabolism, to the natural products of plants. These compounds are composed of an alpha-hydroxynitrile type aglycone and of a sugar moiety (mostly D-glucose). The distribution of the cyanogenic glycosides (CGs) in the plant kingdom is rel
Cyanogenic glycosides are secondary plant compounds that occur widely in the plant kingdom. They are the source of HCN which can render the plant toxic if it is taken as food. The enzymes responsible for production of the HCN have long been known. More recent biosynthetic studies have established ce