Application of a picrate semi-quantitative screening assay for the cyanogenic potential of cassava roots at a remote field site

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 590-594

  Wilson, Warren M ^a   O'Brien, Gerard M ^b   Dufour, Darna L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Assay; Cassava; Cyanide; Cyanogenic potential; Picrate; Rural; Semi quantitative

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CASSAVA ROOT; CASSAVA; COLOMBIA; CYANOGENESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; PICRIC ACID; PLANT VARIETY;

EID: 0034109237     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(200004)80:5<590::AID-JSFA577>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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