Two-step hydrolysis of amygdalin in molds
Brimer, L.; Cicalini, A.R.; Federici, F.; Nout, R.M.; Petruccioli, M.; Pulci, V.
Rivista di Biologia 89(3): 493-496
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-6050 PMID: 9122587 Document Number: 456269
Mucor circinelloides LU M40 and Penicillium aurantiogriseum P 35, characterized by extracellular beta-glucosidase activity on cyanogenic glycosides, hydrolyse amygdalin by a two-step reaction mechanism being the first step of hydrolysis, from amygdalin to prunasin, very rapid (15 min) and the second one, from prunasin to mandelonitrile, much slower (120 min).