Dhurrin
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| Surname | Dhurrin | |||||||||||||||
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( S ) -4-hydroxymandelonitrile-β- D -glucoside |
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| Molecular formula | C 14 H 17 NO 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Brief description |
white solid |
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| Molar mass | 311.29 g · mol -1 | |||||||||||||||
| Physical state |
firmly |
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| Melting point |
200 ° C |
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| As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . | ||||||||||||||||
Dhurrin is a cyanogenic glycoside that occurs in plants as a protection against eating. If the plant is injured, poisonous hydrogen cyanide is produced . It occurs, for example, in sorghum and young millet plants. The biosynthesis of dhurrin takes place in the plant via the amino acid tyrosine .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Dhurrin data sheet (PDF) from Carl Roth , accessed on December 14, 2010.
- ^ Entry on Dhurrin in the ChemIDplus database of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) .
- ↑ a b Datasheet Dhurrin from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on March 24, 2011 ( PDF ).
- ↑ R. Hegnauer: Chemotaxonomy of plants: an overview of the distribution and the systematic importance of plant substances. P. 356, Birkhäuser, 1986, ISBN 978-3-7643-0723-3 .