Glycosides are a major group of plant secondary compounds characterized by one or more sugars conjugated to a lipophilic, possibly toxic aglycone, which is released upon hydrolysis. We compared small intestinal homogenate hydrolysis activity of three rodent and two avian species against four substrates: amygdalin and sinigrin, two plant-derived glucosides, the sugar lactose, whose hydrolysis mo...

In black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) seed homogenates, (R)-amygdalin is degraded to HCN, benzaldehyde, and glucose by the sequential action of amygdalin hydrolase (AH), prunasin hydrolase (PH), and mandelonitrile lyase. Leaves are also highly cyanogenic because they possess (R)-prunasin, PH, and mandelonitrile lyase. Taking both enzymological and molecular approaches, we demonstrate here tha...

This paper underlined how the naturally occurring amygdalin (Amy) and raffinose (Raf) can inhibit corrosion of aluminum in 0.1 M sodium hydroxide utilizing various tools at fixed temperatures. The obtained outcomes designated that rate Al was set to rise with rising alkali. evaluated greater values inhibition efficiencies (%IEs) Amy Raf (reaching 89% 92%, respectively, doses 500 ppm) indicated ...