Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important dietary staple for more than 500 million people in developing countries. People eat 60% of the cassava produced and one third of the harvest feeds animals. All cultivars of cassava contain the cyanogenic glucoside, linamarin, but in different
The phytochemical constituents of a biologically active, standardized, 80% ethanol extract of Rhodiola heterodonta were characterized. The extract was fractionated over a Sephadex LH-20 column to afford two main fractions representing two classes of secondary metabolites: phenylethanoids and
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