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  • Title: Comparative metabolism of linamarin and amygdalin in hamsters.
    Author: Frakes RA, Sharma RP, Willhite CC.
    Journal: Food Chem Toxicol; 1986 May; 24(5):417-20. PubMed ID: 3744195.
    Abstract:
    Rates of cyanide liberation resulting from hydrolysis of the cyanogenic glycosides linamarin, amygdalin and prunasin by a crude beta-glucosidase prepared from hamster caecum were studied in vitro. In addition, hamster blood cyanide and thiocyanate concentrations were determined at 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4 hr after an oral dose of 0.44 mmol linamarin or amygdalin/kg body weight. Plots of cyanide liberated v. time for linamarin and prunasin yielded straight lines. A similar plot for amygdalin was curvilinear, with the rate of cyanide release increasing with time. At 10(-3) M substrate concentrations, the average rates of hydrolysis of prunasin, amygdalin and linamarin were 1.39, 0.57 and 0.13 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively. Lineweaver-Burk plots yielded apparent Km and Vmax values of 3.63 X 10(-5) M and 0.35 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively, for amygdalin, and 7.33 X 10(-3) M and 1.04 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively, for linamarin. Blood cyanide concentrations following amygdalin treatment reached their highest level (130 nmol/ml) 1 hr after dosing and remained elevated until 3 hr after treatment. Blood cyanide concentrations following linamarin treatment reached their highest level (116 nmol/ml) after 3 hr and then declined immediately. Area under the blood cyanide concentration-time curve was 395 nmol-hr/ml for amygdalin and 318 nmol-hr/ml for linamarin. The results suggest a faster rate of enzymatic hydrolysis and cyanide absorption for amygdalin than for linamarin.
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