| Description | Lotaustralin belongs to the class of organic compounds known as cyanogenic glycosides. These are glycosides in which the aglycone moiety contains a cyanide group. Lotaustralin is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Lotaustralin has been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as orange bell peppers, pepper (capsicum), chinese cabbages, kombus, and european cranberries. This could make lotaustralin a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Lotaustralin is structurally related to linamarin, another glucoside found in these plants, and differs from it only by the presence of an extra methyl group. Both lotaustralin and linamarin may be hydrolysed by the enzyme linamarase to form glucose and a precursor to the toxic compound hydrogen cyanide. Lotaustralin is found in Acacia aroma , Apis cerana, Berberidopsis beckleri, Dorycnium spp., Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia supina, Haloragis erecta , Hevea brasiliensis, Hevea pauciflora, Hevea spruceana, Linum austriacum, Linum grandiflorum, Lotus arabicus, Lotus arenarius, Lotus australis, Lotus conjugatus, Lotus corniculatus , Lotus creticus, Lotus edulis , Lotus glaber, Lotus krylovii, Lotus maroccanus, Lotus ornithopodioides, Lotus parviflorus, Lotus tetragonolobus , Ornithopus, Ornithopus perpusillus, Ornithopus pinnatus, Osteospermum ecklonis, Passiflora adenopoda DC., Passiflora lutea L. , Passiflora morifolia Mast., Passiflora pendens, Passiflora pendens MacDougal, Passiflora spp., Rhodiola kirilowii, Rhodiola rosea, Rhodiola sachalinensis , Rhodiola sacra, Rhodiola semenovii, Tetragonolobus spp., Trifolium nigrescens, Trifolium occidentale, Trifolium repens and Triticum monococcum . Lotaustralin is a cyanogenic glucoside found in small amounts in name giving Fabaceae Lotus australis, cassava (Manihot esculenta), lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) and white clover (Trifolium repens), among other plants. |
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| Structure | CCC(C)(OC1OC(CO)C(O)C(O)C1O)C#N InChI=1S/C11H19NO6/c1-3-11(2,5-12)18-10-9(16)8(15)7(14)6(4-13)17-10/h6-10,13-16H,3-4H2,1-2H3 |
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