Killing You with Cassava: The Chemistry of Cyanide in Plants

Ever wonder how you can eat a plant that has cyanide in it? Come on in!

P.S. it's where tapioca comes from.

0:24 Cyanogenic Glucosides in Cassava
1:40 Acetone Cyanohydrin
2:21 Neutralizing HCN

Various Sources of Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linamarase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linamarin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotaust...

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