Cassava latex as a source of linamarase for determination of linamarin

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 372-373

  Nambisan, Bala ^a  

^a CENTRAL TUBER CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cassava; Latex; Linamarase; Linamarin determination

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENZYME; LATEX; LINAMARASE; LINAMARIN; LINAMARINASE; NITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; LATEX; MANIHOT; NITRILES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032967198     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980768r     Document Type: Article

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