Cyanogens and linamarase activities in storage roots of cassava plants from breeding program

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 379-387

  Iglesias, Carlos A ^a   Sanchez, Teresa ^a   Yeoh, Hock Hin ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cyanide; Cyanogens; Linamarase; Linamarin; Manihot esculenta Crantz; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; LINAMARIN;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FRESH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT ROOT; VARIETAS;

MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0036668874     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.2002.1079     Document Type: Article

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