Resources Tagged: Cyanide

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  1. Cassava Cyanide Diseases & Neurolathyrism Network

    The ‘Cassava Cyanide Diseases & Neurolathyrism Network’ (CCDNN) is a free worldwide network aiming to eliminate cyanide poisoning, konzo, tropical ataxic neuropathy (TAN) and neurolathyrism. The CCDN Network has nearly 700 members worldwide from 60 countries and is free. If you wish to join...
    Cyanide Neurolathyrism

  2. Cassava, Cyanide, and Epidemic Spastic Paraparesis: A Study in Mozambique on Dietary Cyanide Exposure

    1986-01-01 This is a study in Mozambique on dietary cyanide exposure. 52 pages, illustrations, photos
    Mozambique West Africa Cassava Cyanide

  3. Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide

    2016-01-25 Some tropical crops contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide or prussic acid) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can cause cyanide poisoning, with varying effects depending on cyanide levels...
    Cyanide Chaya Cassava

  4. Treatment to Reduce Cyanide Content of Cassava Flour

    2005-10-01 In Cassava Cyanide Diseases News (CCDN), Issue 4,December 2004, Dr. J. Howard Bradbury wrote about a method of processing cassava that could substantially reduce the cyanide content of flour.
    Cassava Human Health Health Health and Medical... Cyanide Food Processing

  5. Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide

    2015-11-20 Some tropical crops contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can cause cyanide poisoning, with varying effects depending on cyanide levels and how long a...
    Cyanide Cassava Chaya Human Health Nutrition Health and Nutrition

  6. Increasing Interest in Chaya

    2014-01-01 Recently we read correspondence from Penny Rambacher, R.D., a registered dietician working with Miracles in Action in Guatemala. About eight years ago, ECHO’s then-CEO, Dr. Martin Price, suggested to Penny that re-introducing Chaya could be an important way to address malnutrition within the...
    Chaya Malnutrition Nutrition Mayan Spinach Cyanide Dark Green Leafy V...

  7. Understanding Why/When Cassava Can Cause the Disease Konzo

    2005-10-01 Konzo is an irreversible disease that appears suddenly and causes spastic paralysis of both legs. Konzo affects mainly women and children, afflicting thousands in the remote rural areas of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has also been reported from remote rural areas in...
    Cassava Human Health Diseases Cyanide Health

  8. Leaf Protein Concentrate from Chaya Leaves?

    2003-07-20 In response to the articles on leaf protein concentrate and on chaya in EDN Issue 78, a reader asked whether or not leaf protein concentrate (LPC) could safely be made from chaya.
    Chaya Health Cyanide Nutrition

  9. Toxicity and Food Security: A review of health effects of cyanide exposure from cassava and of ways to prevent these effects

    1992-07-19 Dr. Rosling does not like the statement “cassava contains cyanide.” A food that contained pure hydrogen cyanide could be easily detoxified (it would be driven off as a gas by cooking). If any free cyanide is present in cassava, it can easily be driven off into the air by temperatures over 28C (82...
    Toxicity Cyanide Cassava Food Security

  10. Lolenge Kani Ekoki Kolongola Poison na Fufu ya Poussiere ya Manioko na Lingala (accent ya Republique Democratique du Congo)

    Manioko ezali bileyi ya base ya au moins 800 millions ya batu na a peu pres 80 pays, mingi mingi na Afrique sub-saharienne, mais pe na Asie, Pacifique, pe na Amerique du Sud. Manioko ezali na cyanogens, oyo e protegeaka contre ba pestes, to pe ba niama misusu na ko produire cyanure. Ezali na...
    Cassava SAWBO Cyanide