Analysis of cyanogens with resorcinol and picrate

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3540-3545

  Drochioiu, Gabi ^a   Arsene, Cecilia ^a   Murariu, Manuela ^b   Oniscu, Corneliu ^c  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^c GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Cyanogenic plants; Picrate assay; Resorcinol method; Total cyanogenic potential

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYGDALIN; BICARBONATE; CYANIDE; DYE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LINAMARIN; PICRIC ACID; PRUNASINE; RESORCINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; APPLE; APRICOT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYANIDE POISONING; CYANOGENESIS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; LINSEED; NECTARINE; NONHUMAN; PEACH; PH; PLANT; PLUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL CYANOGENIC POTENTIAL;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 54549115857     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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