- (R)-
prunasin is a
cyanogenic glycoside related to amygdalin. Chemically, it is the
glucoside of (R)-mandelonitrile.
Prunasin is
found in
species in the...
- In enzymology, a
prunasin β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.118) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction (R)-
prunasin + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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acids Polysaccharides Glucans mannans inulin (8)
Cyanogenic glycosides Prunasin Sesquiterpene lactones (of the
germacranolide type) 11β, 13-dihydrolactucin...
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Mandelonitrile is the
aglycone part of the
cyanogenic glycosides prunasin and amygdalin.
Prunasin can be
hydrolyzed by the
enyzme prunase into
glucose and mandelonitrile...
-
humans seem to have
selected for them.
Examples include amygdalin and
prunasin which are made by the
bitter almond tree;
other species that
produce cyanogenic...
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glycoside derived from the
aromatic amino acid phenylalanine.
Amygdalin and
prunasin are
common among plants of the
family Rosaceae,
particularly the genus...
-
Several varieties of p****ion
fruit are rich in polyphenols, and some
contain prunasin and
other cyanogenic glycosides in the peel and juice.
Purple p****ion fruit...
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glycosides Nitrogen-containing 60 Amygdalin, Dhurrin, Linamarin, Lotaustralin,
Prunasin Glucosinolates Nitrogen-containing 100
Alkamides Nitrogen-containing 150...
- red
flesh (table).
Papaya seeds also
contain the
cyanogenic substance prunasin. The
green fruit contains papain, a
cysteine protease enzyme used to tenderize...
- livestock,
contains a
potentially poisonous cyanogenic glycoside called prunasin.
Mature seeds are to be avoided, as the
native people did. The young, unripe...
