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Myrosinase (EC 3.2.1.147,
thioglucoside glucohydrolase, sinigrinase, and sinigrase) is a
family of
enzymes involved in
plant defense against herbivores...
- The
mustard oil bomb,
formerly known as the glucosinolate–
myrosinase complex, is a
chemical herbivory defense system found in
members of the Br****icaceae...
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various chemical compounds produced by the plants,
including glucosinolate,
myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are
sometimes grown as
companion plants and...
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isothiocyanate group of
organosulfur compounds. It is
produced when the
enzyme myrosinase transforms glucoraphanin, a glucosinolate, into
sulforaphane upon damage...
- a grayish-white to
powdery blue appearance.
Cabbage aphids produce a
myrosinase (beta-thioglucoside glucohydrolase)
enzyme in head and
thoracic muscles;...
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compounds in the seed: the
enzyme myrosinase and
various glucosinolates such as
sinigrin and sinalbin. The
myrosinase enzyme turns the
glucosinolates into...
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mustard (Br****ica juncea). When
these mustard seeds are broken, the
enzyme myrosinase is
released and acts on a
glucosinolate known as
sinigrin to give allyl...
- are also available. However, many of
these products are
produced from
myrosinase-inactive
sprout or seed extracts.[citation needed] It is difficult, if...
- sinigrin-containing
plant tissue is
crushed or
otherwise damaged, the
enzyme myrosinase degrades sinigrin to a
mustard oil (allyl isothiocyanate),
which is responsible...
- chewed).
Under these conditions, a
chemical reaction between the
enzyme myrosinase and a
glucosinolate known as
sinigrin from the
seeds of
black mustard...
