Monitoring the cyanogenic potential of cassava: the trend towards biosensor development

Cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple crop for more than 500 million people in the developing countries. It contains linamarin as the principal cyanogenic glucoside, which upon hydrolysis liberates hydrogen cyanide. Toxicity resulting from the eating of inadequately processed ca...

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Published in:TrAC, Trends in analytical chemistry (Regular ed.) Trends in analytical chemistry (Regular ed.), 1998-04, Vol.17 (4), p.234-240
Main Authors: Yeoh, Hock-Hin, Tatsuma, Tetsu, Oyama, Noboru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cyanogenic glucoside
Enzyme electrode
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Interference-based biosensor
Linamarin
Process analysis
Starch and starchy product industries
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Summary:Cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple crop for more than 500 million people in the developing countries. It contains linamarin as the principal cyanogenic glucoside, which upon hydrolysis liberates hydrogen cyanide. Toxicity resulting from the eating of inadequately processed cassava has been reported and there are world-wide efforts to make cassava consumption safer. An important contribution toward this is the development of methods to determine the cyanogenic potential of cassava and its products. Hence, procedures – new or modified ones – are being developed in response to the needs of the end-users. This article describes the rationale behind this development and reviews some of the more recent findings.
ISSN:0165-9936
1879-3142
DOI:10.1016/S0165-9936(98)00009-0