Lesson 2 - Toxic Substances of PLANT origin

Question 1

caratoxin and its derivatives (neurotoxin)

Answer 1

Acetylenic alcohols

Question 2

Example of alkenylbenzenes that cause liver damage

Answer 2

Safrole (sassafras oil)

Question 3

An alkenylbenzene that is a hallucinogen

Answer 3

Myristicin

Question 4

These cause 4% of goiter in humans, commonly belong to cruciferae

Answer 4

Glucosinolates

Question 5

What are the precursors of Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)

Answer 5

Linamarin and Amygdalin

Question 6

Toxic substances that are present in cassava, sorghum, and lima beans

Answer 6

cyanogenic glycosides

Question 7

these produce neurological and gastrointestinal disorders since these are NOT destroyed during cooking

Answer 7

Glycoalkaloids

Question 8

Where can we find glycoalkaloids?

Answer 8

Solanine and chaconine from potatoes that have turned green, and from eggplant, capsicum, and tomatoes.

Question 9

Proteins that are capable of clumping RBC together if not subjected to head

Answer 9

Lectins

Question 10

Sources of lectins

Answer 10

soybeans, winged beans, lima beans, kidney bean, and jack beans

Question 11

Occur as phenolic carboxylic acids, quinones, coumarins, flavonoids, and tannins

Answer 11

Phenols

Question 12

Are normal products of amino acid metabolism

Answer 12

Pressor Amines