Plants, cyanogenic

JONES DA (1998) Why are so many food plants cyanogenic Phytochemistry. 47 155-62. 

In most plants, cyanogenic glycosides are accompanied by a corresponding (3-glycosidase. One such enzyme system, emulsin, from almond seeds, has fairly broad specificity and has been widely studied. Most of these enzymes, however, have more specific substrate requirements. The specificity of enzymes from plants containing cyclopentenoid cyanogenic glycosides has been reviewed (Spencer, 1987). 

Table 10.11 HCN content in some plant cyanogenic glycosides.

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