Sentences with word «linamarin»

This yielded transgenic cassavas with 60 % to 94 % less linamarin in their leaves.

This combination of results is ideal, because the plants have enough linamarin in their leaves to deter pests, but not so much that it will be transported to the roots, Sayre says.

Raw flax seeds naturally contain cyanogenic glycosides - such as linamarin, linustatin, and neolinustatin.

The pair disrupted two leaf - specific genes that produce enzymes active in the first step of making linamarin.

But human enzymes convert linamarin to cyanide in doses that can be lethal.

The roots and leaves of fresh cassava are loaded with a chemical called linamarin, which wards off herbivores.

Even better, the roots contained as little as 1 % of original linamarin levels.

These transgenic plants are a «useful cassava prototype for further studies,» he says, although field tests are required to make sure they'll reliably have less linamarin.

Likewise, flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum) has also been extensively used for this purpose, although its human consumption remains controversial because of the potential toxicity of linamarin, one of its active compounds.

Linamarin and lotaustralin are two of the primary cyanogenic glycosides in flaxseeds, and like the thiocyanates in cruciferous vegetables, both of these compounds can contribute to cyanide metabolism in humans.