manihot tristis/hypoxia

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important dietary staple for more than 500 million people in developing countries. People eat 60% of the cassava produced and one third of the harvest feeds animals. All cultivars of cassava contain the cyanogenic glucoside, linamarin, but in different

BACKGROUND Hydrogen cyanide is the chemical responsible for tissue hypoxia. Chronic exposure to HCN may cause neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular and thyroid defects. Onset of symptoms depends on dose and duration of exposure. Large scale of Cassava processing could be disastrous due to

Cyanide is notoriously known to the public for more than a century now as a weapon of mass destruction (Zyklon B gas - hydrogen cyanide used by Nazis), an agent for chemical warfare during World War I (hydrogen cyanide) and very infamous "Suicide Pill" used in the past by military and