New aspects in pathogenesis of konzo: Neural cell damage directly caused by linamarin contained in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-472

  Sreeja, V G ^a   Nagahara, N ^a   Li, Q ^a   Minami, M ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cassava; Glucose trasporter; Konzo; Linamarin

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYTOCHALASIN B; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; LINAMARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CASSAVA; CELL METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD INTAKE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; RAT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CYTOCHALASIN B; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MANIHOT; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NITRILES; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; PC12 CELLS; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0043063928     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003902     Document Type: Article

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