(1) Growing dogs were divided into three groups and were fed on a control (rice) diet, a diet in which cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz; gari) was used as the carbohydrate source, and the rice diet to which cyanide (equivalent to that present in gari) was added.
(2) A microsomal system catalyzing the in vitro synthesis of the aglycones of the two cyanogenic glucosides linamarin and lotaustralin has been isolated from young etiolated seedlings of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).
(3) Dietary intoxications include: a) aflatoxins which may be important in the pathogenesis of hepatic carcinoma, one of the commonest neoplasms in developing countries in Africa; b) chronic cyanide intoxication from cassava (manihot) food derivatives, which on circumstancial evidence seems to be an important aetiological factor of a crippling neurological disease, the tropical ataxic neuropathy in Nigeria and Tanzania; c) organophosphate insecticides.
(4) Since cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple food item of several million people in the tropics, its toxicity cannot be underestimated.
(5) Raw manihot starch produced the lowest (p less than 0.05) metabolic responses.
(6) A total of 100 samples of various foods comprising of 10 samples each of garri (Manihot utilis Pohl), beans (Phaseolus lunatus), yam flour (Dioscorea rotundata), cassava flour (Manihot esculentum), melon (Citrulus lunatus), onion (Allium cepa), rice (Oryza sativa), plantain (Musa paradisiaca), red pepper (Capsicum annuum L., Solanaceae) and eggs were screened for the presence of aflatoxins.
(7) Cucumber mosaic virus replicative forms of RNAs 1-3 and cassava (Manihot esculenta) clone 'Secundina' dsRNAs can be routinely detected from 1 g of leaf tissue.
(8) Five tropical tubers were used : Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum of A-type, Dioscorea cayenensis and alata and Canna edulis of B-type.
(9) Extracts from the tubers (cortex and parenchyma) and leaves of Manihot esculenta Crantz (cassava) were analyzed for their releasable cyanide content using flow injection analysis incorporating an immobilized linamarase bioreactor.
(10) Effects of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)-borne organic cyanide and inorganic cyanide in the form of sodium cyanide on bone and muscle development were investigated in eighteen dogs of Nigerian breed.
(11) Studies on the phyllosphere microflora of tapioca (Manihot utilissima Pohl.)
(12) The surface charge of different isolates of Phytomonas from Euphorbia hyssopifolia, Euphorbia pinea, Euphorbia characias and Manihot esculenta was analysed by the binding of cationic particles (colloidal iron hydroxide at pH 1.8 and cationized ferritin at pH 7.2) to the protozoan surface and by determination of the cell electrophoretic mobility (EPM).
(13) A cDNA coding for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) branching enzyme was cloned from a lambda gt11 cDNA library using a potato cDNA probe.
(14) Diseases like tropical ataxic neuropathy and endemic goitre have been reported to have definite correlation with a chronic ingestion of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).
(15) The properties of tapioca obtained from cassava (Manihot utilissima) have been evaluated.
(16) Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects on broiler performance of increasing by 5% the metabolizable energy level of diets containing cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) root meal (CRM: 0, 20, and 30%) by adding either vegetable oil (Experiment 1) or animal tallow (Experiment 2).
(17) The survey includes simple field methods as well as automated laboratory methods for the determination of 'free', 'bound' and 'total' cyanide, for example in processed food products from Manihot esculenta Cranz.
(18) This etiological disparity is attributed to an anti-sickling agent, thiocyanate, (SCN-) found abundantly in staple African foods, such as the African yam (Dioscorea sp) and cassava (Manihot utilissima).
(19) 195, 1-8) were purified from the seeds of Asparagus officinalis (two proteins, asparin 1 and 2), of Citrullus colocynthis (two proteins, colocin 1 and 2), of Lychnis chalcedonica (lychnin) and of Manihot palmata (mapalmin), from the roots of Phytolacca americana (pokeweed antiviral protein from roots, PAP-R) and from the leaves of Bryonia dioica (bryodin-L).
(20) The experimental model of MsPGN was treated by Abelmoschus manihot.
Manioc
Definition:
(n.) The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tucupi is a yellow sauce extracted from a manioc root that must first be boiled to remove the toxins; jambu leaf numbs the lips and tongue and, says Atala, "makes everything taste bigger".
(2) There has been a great interest to supplement manioc flour with proteins.
(3) The main components of the diets were fish, lactose free milk, caseinate, partial hydrolasate of albumin, fermented corn and soya (Soy-Ogi), medium-chain triglycerides, rice and the local foods manioc, peanuts and caterpillars.
(4) The present study was planned to show the nutritive value of a basic diet including rice, beans, manioc flour and other local foods, supplemented with different sources of proteins.
(5) It's a long way from the ruins of Aleppo to the jungle forests of Kaga Bandoro, where half its people are still hiding, barely surviving on roots and the leaves of manioc plants.
(6) Rice, beans and manioc flour are foods eaten daily in Northeast Brazil.
(7) Foods were distributed into: Group A (the least perishable goods: sugar, beans, rice, oil, salt), Group B (moderately perishable goods: biscuits, chocolate, manioc flour, corn, meal, dried skim milk, macaroni, sugar-cane syrup, canned sardines, ground corn) and Group C (the most perishable goods: dried and salted fish and meat).
(8) The nutrition of the population was low in protein, calories being provided mostly by manioc, but no apparent symptoms of malnutrition were observed in the parents of our patients.
(9) The diet of the Amerindians includes as the main carbohydrate staple the manioc cassava, which has also been linked to sensorineural hearing loss in some populations.
(10) Around them all are tents displaying the rich variety of regional produce - manioc and sugar cane from the north-west, apples and milk from the south, honey and nuts from the Amazon.
(11) Today, it no longer stands alone, but it continues to draw purists not only for its beer menu, but its famous grilled chicken, served with farofa (toasted manioc flour) and salad (£16 for two people) and famous coxinhas (£7 for 10).
(12) But now that ants are becoming popular in urban areas they do not hide anymore.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A ‘farofa de iça’, a toasted manioc flour with queen ants’ abdomen.
(13) Toxic (manioc, lathyrism) or deficiency (hypovitaminosis, malabsorption) causes are incriminated.
(14) They had lived there just five months, erecting mud houses and planting manioc.
(15) described a severe goiter endemia due to marked iodine deficiency and high daily intake of manioc as staple food.
(16) Other important risk factors were drinking "chimarrão" (a type of maté), use of a wood stove for cooking, and frequent consumption of charcoal-grilled meat and manioc.
(17) Histopathological changes in rat pancreas were induced by cyclic periods of experimental malnutrition or by cassava (manioc) feeding for 11 weeks.
(18) Our results show that in children who have secondary intestinal malabsorption the use of a partial hydrolysate of lactalbumin and the medium-chain triglycerides is recommended and the substitution of the manioc by rice also.
(19) The purpose of this work was to prepare a manioc leaf protein concentrate introducing some new procedures on the known methods developed by other authors.
(20) They lived in the Ouham region of Centro African Republic where some of the Authors ascertained a severe goiter endemia due to iodine deficiency and manioc consumption as staple food.