Nitroloside-containing foods and their possible effects on health and nutrition

ABSTRACT

Litrature survey appears to show that a diet rich in nitriloside may ba an answer to preventive medicineA survey of Philippine plant and other plant products for nitrilosides content was carried out using qualitative and quantitative tests. Results show that among the plants used in the Filipino diet, cassava, patani, chesa , ginger and singkamas were particularly rich in nitrilosides. Fresh sorghum grains were also found to be an excellent source of nitrilosideExperimental study of the effect of nitriloside on health and nutrition was made on rabbits and the results showed that the experimental animals fed raw cassava bark and leaves gained weight and improved their blood picture as compared with the control animals. The preliminary study on culture of cancer cells showed significant inhibition by nitriloside on the dehydrogenase using methylene blue as the inidicatorStudies are now undergoing to extract the nitriloside, known as linamarin from cassava. Can linamarin show a more significant improvement in the blood picture of experimental animals?. Will linamarin show any inhibition on the culture of P-388 leukemic cells? This we hope to find out. (Summary)