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    Linamarin is a cyanogenic glucoside found in the leaves and roots of plants such as cassava, lima beans, and flax. It is a glucoside of acetone cyanohydrin...
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    cytoplasm. Linamarin is hydrolyzed by an accompanying linamarase, a β-glycosidase. Hevea brasiliensis linamarase does act upon linamarin because it is...
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    first isolated), barley, flax, white clover, and cassava, which produces linamarin and lotaustralin. Amygdalin and a synthetic derivative, laetrile, were...
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  • In enzymology, a linamarin synthase (EC 2.4.1.63) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction UDP-glucose + 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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    structurally related to linamarin, the acetone cyanohydrin glucoside also found in these plants. Both lotaustralin and linamarin may be hydrolyzed by the...
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    Delphinine Divicine Djenkolic acid Falcarinol Gossypol Helenalin Ledol Linamarin Lotaustralin Mimosine Oenanthotoxin Oleandrin Persin Protoanemonin Pseudaconitine...
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    dangerous to eat raw because they contain two cyanogenic glucosides, linamarin and lotaustralin. These are decomposed by linamarase, a naturally occurring...
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    The root of the green-branched variant requires treatment to remove linamarin, a cyanogenic glycoside occurring naturally in the plant, which otherwise...
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  • reaction of butadiene, the transfer is irreversible. Cassava tubers contain linamarin, a glucoside of acetohydrin, and the enzyme linamarase for hydrolysing...
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  • the plant is chewed or ground, it exposes the enzyme to compounds like linamarin and lotaustralin which release cyanide compounds that can be lethal to...
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