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What is linamarin?

What is linamarin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A cyanogenic glucoside found in the leaves and roots of plants such as cassava, lima beans, and flax, capable of decomposing to toxic hydrogen cyanide in the human intestine.
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The roots of the cassava plant contain linamarin, a cyanogen which produces the poisonous chemical cyanide when eaten.
Cassava roots, peels and leaves should not be consumed raw because they contain two cyanogenic glucosides, linamarin and lotaustralin.

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