Panasiuk, O. and Bills, D.B. (1984) Cyanide content of sorghum sprouts. Journal of Food Science, 49 (3). pp. 791-793.
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Abstract
The seeds of 4 cultivars of grain sorghum and 4 of sweet sorghum contained only 1-29 μg/g of potential hydrocyanic acid (HCN) that could be generated as free HCN by digestion and steam distillation. Sprouts of the same cultivars grown for 3 days in the dark at 30°C, contained 258-1030 μg/g, relative to the weight of the ungerminated, dry seed. Drying at 50°C and grinding of sprouts to produce a meal did not reduce the potential HCN content. The consumption of sorghum sprouts or products made from them may be hazardous. The average amount, 61.3 mg HCN, obtained in the laboratory from sprouts grown from 100 g of seed exceeds the average fatal dose for an adult
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 E. Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118, USA |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2012 09:57 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2012 09:57 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1984.tb13212... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5253 |
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