Abstract
ABSTRACT The seeds of four cultivars of grain sorghum and four of sweet sorghum ( Sorghum blcolor (L.) Moench) contained only traces (1 or 2 ppm) to 29 ppm of potential hydrocyanic acid (HCN) that could be generated as free HCN by digestion and steam distillation. Sprouts of the same cultivars grown for 3 days in the dark at 30°C, however, contained from 258–1030 ppm potential HCN relative to the weight of the ungerminated, dry seed. Drying at 50°C and grinding of sprouts to produce a meal did not reduce the potential HCN content. The consumption of sorghum sprouts or products made from them may be hazardous. The average amount (61.3 mg) of HCN obtained in our laboratory from sprouts grown from 100g of seed exceeds the average fatal dose for an adult.
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Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum seeds contained traces of 1 or 2 ppm to 29 ppm potential hydrocyanic acid.
- Taxon
- Sorghum blcolor (L.) Moenche0
- Organ / stage
- seedse0
- Outcome
- potential hydrocyanic acid (HCN)e0
- Value
- traces (1 or 2 ppm) to 29 ppme0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“The seeds of four cultivars of grain sorghum and four of sweet sorghum ( Sorghum blcolor (L.) Moench) contained only traces (1 or 2 ppm) to 29 ppm of potential hydrocyanic acid (HCN)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum sprouts grown three days in darkness at 30°C contained 258–1030 ppm potential HCN relative to ungerminated dry seed weight.
- Organ / stage
- Sproutse0
- Outcome
- potential HCNe0
- Value
- 258–1030 ppme0
- Qualifier
- grown for 3 days in the dark at 30°Ce0
- Comparator
- ungerminated, dry seede0
SorghumNot reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Sprouts of the same cultivars grown for 3 days in the dark at 30°C, however, contained from 258–1030 ppm potential HCN relative to the weight of the ungerminated, dry seed.”
t0“Sorghum”
Claim · model-written summary
Drying sorghum sprouts at 50°C and grinding them to meal did not reduce potential HCN content.
- Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Treatment
- Drying at 50°C and grinding of sprouts to produce a meale0
- Outcome
- potential HCN contente0
- Direction
- did not reducee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drying at 50°C and grinding of sprouts to produce a meal did not reduce the potential HCN content.”
t0“Sorghum”
Claim · model-written summary
Consumption of sorghum sprouts or their products may be hazardous.
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Verbatim
e0“The consumption of sorghum sprouts or products made from them may be hazardous.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sprouts from 100g sorghum seed yielded an average 61.3 mg HCN, exceeding the stated average adult fatal dose.
- Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Outcome
- HCNe0
- Direction
- exceedse0
- Value
- 61.3 mge0
- Qualifier
- grown from 100g of seede0
- Comparator
- average fatal dose for an adulte0
- Setting
- laboratorye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The average amount (61.3 mg) of HCN obtained in our laboratory from sprouts grown from 100g of seed exceeds the average fatal dose for an adult.”
t0“Sorghum”
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