An unusual combination in papaya (Carica papaya): The good (glucosinolates) and the bad (cyanogenic glycosides)

• Published in: Journal of food composition and analysis Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 82 - 86
• Main Authors: Williams, David J., Pun, Sharon, Chaliha, Mridusmita, Scheelings, Pieter, O’Hare, Timothy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Inc 01.02.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: anticarcinogenic activity; Benzyl isothiocyanates; Biological and medical sciences; Brassica; broccoli; cabbage; Carica papaya; cauliflower; Cyanogenic glycosides; enzymes; Food composition; Food industries; Food safety; Fruit and vegetable industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; glucose; Glucosinolates; Glucotropaeolin; herbivores; Human health; humans; hydrogen cyanide; isothiocyanates; metabolites; Methods of analysis, processing and quality control, regulation, standards; Papaya; papayas; pests; Plant defence metabolites; toxicity; Glucotropaeolin; Benzyl isothiocyanates; Human health; Papaya; Glucosinolates; Food composition; Food safety; Carica papaya; Plant defence metabolites; Cyanogenic glycosides; Human; Sulfur compounds; Glucosinolate; Fruit; Metabolite; Health; Caricaceae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Glycoside; Isothiocyanates; Food

► Unusual combination of papaya glucosinolates+cyanogenic glycosides were reviewed. ► Both originate from same amino acid and synthesised via initially similar pathway. ► Glucosinolates are precusors to the human chemoprotective isothiocyanates. ► Cyanogenic glycosides potentially detrimental to hum...