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Use of the wetting method on cassava flour in three konzo villages in Mozambique reduces cyanide intake and may prevent konzo in future droughts

Konzo is an irreversible paralysis of the legs that occurs mainly in children and young women associated with large cyanide intake from bitter cassava coupled with malnutrition. In East Africa outbreaks occur during drought, when cassava plants produce much more cyanogens than normal. A wetting meth...

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Autores principales: Nhassico, Dulce, Bradbury, James Howard, Cliff, Julie, Majonda, Rita, Cuambe, Constantino, Denton, Ian C., Foster, Matthew P., Martins, Arlinda, Cumbane, Adelaide, Sitoe, Luis, Pedro, Joao, Muquingue, Humberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.317