DETECTION AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION PRUSSIC ACID IN THE MEMBERS OF FAMILY- EUPHORBIACEAE FROM NANDED DISTRICT OF MARATHWADA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA STATE (INDIA).

Author(s)	RAMESH GANPATRAO CHILLAWAR
Country	India
Abstract	Cyanide exists various forms in nature as a salts of Sodium, Potassium and Calcium beside these, hydrogen cyanide or hydrocyanic acid or prussic acid is produced by number of plants of the World flora. In plants Cyanogenesis is a bio-chemical defense mechanism to protect themselves from microbies as well as from herbivore. Amygdalin, Dhurrin, Prunasin, Linamarin , Lotaustaralin Cardoispermin etc. are the cyanogenic glycosides present in plants. On hydrolysis these glycosides release hydrogen cyanide. In the present study the quantative estimation of total cyanide in some of the members of Euphorbiaceae family from Nanded district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state has been done. The family – Euphorbiaceae is also called as Spurge family, is a very large family of Angiosperms. The members of this family are cosmopolitan in their distribution. Medicinally and economically the members of this family are very important. They have a potential source of starchy food, oil, medicines, rubber, biofule etc. The study is important to understand toxicity of plants.
Keywords	Cyanogenesis, Cyanogenic glycosides, Prussic acid, family Euphorbiaceae etc.
Field	Biology > Agriculture / Botany
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On	2025-05-16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.44788
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9kfwp

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