Cyanogenic Lipids

Cyanogenic and non-cyanogenic glycosides from Manihot esculenta.

In addition to lotaustralin and linamarin, a novel cyanogenic glycoside, 2-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy)-2-met hylbutanenitrile , two novel non-cyanogenic glycosides, (2S)-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D- glucopyranosyl)oxy)butane and 2-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy)propane, and a simple non-cyanogenic glycoside, ethyl beta-D-glucopyranosid...

Functional diversifications of cyanogenic glucosides.

Cyanogenic glucosides are present in many plants and their ability to liberate toxic HCN offers an immediate chemical defense response to herbivores and pathogens causing damage of the plant tissue. Countermeasures have evolved to overcome this type of defense and in some cases herbivores and pathogens are able to exploit the presence of cyanogenic glucosides to their own advantage. In plants, ...

Cyanogenic Glycosides in Plant Foods

Hydrogen Cyanide Sensitivity in Bacterial Pathogens of Cyanogenic and Non-Cyanogenic Plants

RUST, L. A., W. E. FRY, and S. V. BEER. 1980. Hydrogen cyanide sensitivity in bacterial pathogens of cyanogenic and non-cyanogenic plants. Phytopathology 70:1005-1008. The cyanide sensitivity of bacterial pathogens of cyanogenic and nongenerally were more sensitive to HCN than were the xanthomonads tested. cyanogenic plants was determined by observing the effects of HCN on their Among xanthomon...

Cyanogenic glucosides and plant-insect interactions.

Cyanogenic glucosides are phytoanticipins known to be present in more than 2500 plant species. They are considered to have an important role in plant defense against herbivores due to bitter taste and release of toxic hydrogen cyanide upon tissue disruption. Some specialized herbivores, especially insects, preferentially feed on cyanogenic plants. Such herbivores have acquired the ability to me...