Cyanide Content of Cassava Food Products Available in Australia [PDF]
Foods, 2022 In 2009, Food Standards Australia New Zealand set a total cyanide content limit of 10 ppm for ready-to-eat cassava products to address food safety concerns about cyanogenic glucosides in cassava.
Alicia A. Quinn +2 more
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Troubles socio-émotionnels de l'enfant en milieu Konzo, un syndrome paralytique de nature épidémique associé à une intoxication cyanhydrique d'origine alimentaire en Afrique sub-saharienne [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 INTRODUCTION: L'objectif de cette étude était d'élucider le profil socio-émotionnel de l'enfant en milieu Konzo, une paralysie toxico-nutritionnelle sévissant en Afrique sub-saharienne.
Daniel Okitundu Luwa E-Andjafono +7 more
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Farmers' perceptions on the causes of cassava root bitterness: A case of konzo-affected Mtwara region, Tanzania. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 In areas where konzo (a cassava cyanide related paralytic disorder) persists, the agronomic factors causing increased cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava, during periods without water stress, are hardly known.
Matema L E Imakumbili +4 more
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Soil nutrient adequacy for optimal cassava growth, implications on cyanogenic glucoside production: A case of konzo-affected Mtwara region, Tanzania. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Soils in areas affected by konzo (a cassava cyanide intoxication paralytic disorder) are predominantly infertile and probably unable to supply cultivated cassava with the nutrients it needs to achieve optimal growth.
Matema L E Imakumbili +4 more
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El Nino-southern Oscillation and Lathyrism Epidemics [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 Epidemics of lathyrism, a neurological syndrome of spastic paraparesis, have occurredduring severe droughts in Europe, Asia, and Africa for millenia. Causation is linked toexposure to β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-L-ODAP), a neurotoxin in ...
Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole
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Persistance des épidémies de konzo à Kahemba, République Démocratique du Congo: aspects phénoménologiques et socio-économiques [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Identifier les facteurs déterminant la persistance du konzo à Kahemba en République Démocratique du Congo. METHODES: Une enquête transversale a été réalisée à Kahemba en 2011 auprès des ménages de 123 enfants avec konzo (critères OMS) et de
Daniel Okitundu Luwa E-Andjafono +10 more
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Serum 8,12-iso-iPF2α-VI isoprostane marker of oxidative damage and cognition deficits in children with konzo. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 We sought to determine whether motor and cognitive deficits associated with cassava (food) cyanogenic poisoning were associated with high concentrations of F2-isoprostanes, well-established indicators of oxidative damage.
Bumoko G Makila-Mabe +10 more
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Konzo: a distinct neurological disease associated with food (cassava) cyanogenic poisoning. [PDF]
Brain Res Bull, 2019 Epidemics of neurodegenerative diseases putatively caused by food toxins have been reported in the tropics with no clear understanding of their pathogenetic mechanisms. These diseases include the disease named Konzo that has been well documented in sub-Sahara Africa, mostly among children and women of childbearing age.
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Antioxidant potentiality of three herbal teas consumed in Bandundu rural areas of Congo. [PDF]
Nat Prod Res, 2017 peer reviewedThe aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the cellular antioxidant activities of Lantana montevidensis, Lippia multiflora, and Ocimum gratissimum leaves often consumed as herbal teas in a rural area of Bandundu severely affected by ...
Kapepula PM +10 more
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Konzo, cassava toxicity and associated nutritional factors [PDF]
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Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin
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