Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup

Under normal environmental conditions, many plants synthesize cyanogenic glycosides, which are able to release hydrogen cyanide upon hydrolysis. Each year, there are frequent livestock and occasional human victims of cyanogenic plants consumption. The present work aims to determine the hydrocyanic a...

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Autores principales: Chaouali, Nadia, Gana, Ines, Dorra, Amira, Khelifi, Fathia, Nouioui, Anouer, Masri, Wafa, Belwaer, Ines, Ghorbel, Hayet, Hedhili, Abderazzek
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/610648
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author Chaouali, Nadia
Gana, Ines
Dorra, Amira
Khelifi, Fathia
Nouioui, Anouer
Masri, Wafa
Belwaer, Ines
Ghorbel, Hayet
Hedhili, Abderazzek
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Gana, Ines
Dorra, Amira
Khelifi, Fathia
Nouioui, Anouer
Masri, Wafa
Belwaer, Ines
Ghorbel, Hayet
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description Under normal environmental conditions, many plants synthesize cyanogenic glycosides, which are able to release hydrogen cyanide upon hydrolysis. Each year, there are frequent livestock and occasional human victims of cyanogenic plants consumption. The present work aims to determine the hydrocyanic acid content in different samples of cyanogenic plants, selected from the Tunisian flora, and in the almond syrup. In order to evaluate their toxicity and their impact on the consumer health in the short term as well as in the long term, using the ISO 2164-1975 NT standard, relating to the determination of cyanogenic heterosides in leguminous plants.
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spelling pubmed-37933922013-10-29 Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup Chaouali, Nadia Gana, Ines Dorra, Amira Khelifi, Fathia Nouioui, Anouer Masri, Wafa Belwaer, Ines Ghorbel, Hayet Hedhili, Abderazzek ISRN Toxicol Research Article Under normal environmental conditions, many plants synthesize cyanogenic glycosides, which are able to release hydrogen cyanide upon hydrolysis. Each year, there are frequent livestock and occasional human victims of cyanogenic plants consumption. The present work aims to determine the hydrocyanic acid content in different samples of cyanogenic plants, selected from the Tunisian flora, and in the almond syrup. In order to evaluate their toxicity and their impact on the consumer health in the short term as well as in the long term, using the ISO 2164-1975 NT standard, relating to the determination of cyanogenic heterosides in leguminous plants. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3793392/ /pubmed/24171123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/610648 Text en Copyright © 2013 Nadia Chaouali et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chaouali, Nadia
Gana, Ines
Dorra, Amira
Khelifi, Fathia
Nouioui, Anouer
Masri, Wafa
Belwaer, Ines
Ghorbel, Hayet
Hedhili, Abderazzek
Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title_full Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title_fullStr Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title_full_unstemmed Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title_short Potential Toxic Levels of Cyanide in Almonds (Prunus amygdalus), Apricot Kernels (Prunus armeniaca), and Almond Syrup
title_sort potential toxic levels of cyanide in almonds (prunus amygdalus), apricot kernels (prunus armeniaca), and almond syrup
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/610648
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