Search for dissertations about: "cyanogenic glucosides"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words cyanogenic glucosides.

  2. 1. Cassava Processing: Safety and Protein Fortification

    Author : Lucas Tivana; Livsmedelsteknik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Cassava; Cyanogenic glycosides; aquacyano-cobyrinic acid; processing; amylose; amylopectin; protein; texture;

    Abstract : Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important and cheap source of carbohydrate in tropical regions, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa. Cassava as a human food is a good source of energy as it has a comparable high energy density of about 610 kJ/100 g fresh root. READ MORE

  4. 2. A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective

    Author : Linley Chiwona-Karltun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Cassava; bitter; sweet; cyanogenic glucosides; cyanide; sensory analysis; taste; theft; women; food security; SSR-markers; molecular genetics; plant morphology; Malawi; Africa;

    Abstract : Ethnographers report from both South America and Africa that cassava farmers classify cultivars as belonging to either of two groups, "bitter" or "sweet", and that farmers prefer to grow "bitter" cultivars as the staple crop. It remains contentious if the two groups and whether bitterness in taste reflects the content of cyanogenic glucosides in cassava roots. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cassava processing, consumption and dietary cyanide exposure

    Author : Adeyinka Onabolu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Cassava; gari; linamarin; cyanohydrin; cyanogens; cyanide.;

    Abstract : Cassava is a major component of the diet of more than half a billion people in the tropics. Cassava is an important crop in the farming system in the tropics because it can be intercropped with many other crops, and yields well in poor soils. READ MORE

  6. 4. The causation of konzo : studies on a paralytic disease in Africa

    Author : Thorkild Tylleskär; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Spastic paraparesis; konzo; cassava; cyanide; thiocyanate; inorganic sulphate; HTLV-I; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Epidemics of a permanent, non-progressive spastic paraparesis with sudden onset hasbeen reported from several rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in East Africasuggested an association with dietary cyanide intake from unprocessed cassava. READ MORE