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- (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...
- glycoside derived from the aromatic amino acid phenylalanine. Amygdalin and prunasin are common among plants of the family Rosaceae, particularly the genus...
- acids Polysaccharides Glucans mannans inulin (8) Cyanogenic glycosides Prunasin Sesquiterpene lactones (of the germacranolide type) 11β, 13-dihydrolactucin...
- 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...
- 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...
- \rightleftharpoons } (R)-prunasin + D-glucose Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (R)-amygdalin and H2O, whereas its two products are (R)-prunasin and D-glucose...
- red flesh (table). Papaya seeds also contain the cyanogenic substance prunasin. The green fruit contains papain, a cysteine protease enzyme used to tenderize...
- glycosides Nitrogen-containing 60 Amygdalin, Dhurrin, Linamarin, Lotaustralin, Prunasin Glucosinolates Nitrogen-containing 100 Alkamides Nitrogen-containing 150...
- the presence of water, acts on the two soluble glucosides amygdalin and prunasin yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which...