Amygdalin in bitter and sweet seeds of apricots

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1564-1570

  Karsavuran, Nazan ^a   Charehsaz, Mohammad ^b   Celik, Hayati ^b   Asma, Bayram Murat ^a   Yakıncı, Cengiz ^a   Aydın, Ahmet ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

amygdalin; apricot; cyanide; HPLC; poisoning

Indexed keywords

CATALYST POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMYGDALIN; APRICOT; APRICOT SEEDS; CYANIDE POISONING; HPLC; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES;

CYANIDES;

CYANIDE; FRUIT; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEED;

TURKEY;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 84929297066     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2015.1030667     Document Type: Article

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