Experiment 1037147
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Manihot esculenta (EUPHORBIACEAE) |
| Citation | MADUAGWU,EN: UMOH,IB:. (1982). DETOXIFICATION OF CASSAVA LEAVES BY SIMPLE TRADITIONAL METHODS.. 10() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | CASSAVA LEAVES, WHICH USUALLY CONTAIN LARGE QUANTITIES OF CYANOGENIC GLUCOSIDES, WERE PROCESSED INTO A TRADITIONAL VEGETABLE SAUCE "MPONDU" BY SIMPLE METHODS WHICH INCLUDED BLANCHING(10 MIN), MASHING AND THEN BOILING FOR 20-80 MIN. THESE METHODS ENHANCED THE DETOXIFICATION OF THE LEAVES, WITH BLANCHING ALONE RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 57% OF THE FREE(NON-GLYCOSIDIC) CYANIDE CONTENT AND OF 60% OF THE BOUND (GLYCOSIDIC) CYANIDE. IT IS PRESUMED THAT LOSSES OF CYANIDE DURING THESE PROCESSES WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN VOLATILE HCN, ITS DERIVATIVES AND IN BOILING WATER. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HOT H2O EXT |