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Hydrolysis of the cyanogenic glucoside (CNglc) linamarin in M. esculenta and L. japonicus as a result of tissue disruption and the action of the β-glucosidase linamarase to form the α-hydroxynitrile, acetone cyanohydrin. Acetone cyanohydrin is dissociated into hydrogen cyanide and acetone by the action of an α-hydroxynitrile lyase. At alkaline pH, the latter process proceeds non-enzymatically.
