Potential of Soaking and Sun-Drying in Detoxifying Toxic Cassava Root Tubers

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dc.contributor.authorAndama, Morgan
dc.contributor.authorLejju, Julius B.
dc.contributor.authorOloya, Benson
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-13T09:14:49Z
dc.date.available2021-12-13T09:14:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractRoot tubers of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) have cyanogenic glucosides which liberate hydrogen cyanide (HCN) on hydrolysis in quantities that can be toxic to humans. As a result, several techniques have been used to detoxify the tubers including among others, soaking, sun-drying and fermentation which has been found to be the most effective. However, fermentation is associated with the growth of potentially mycotoxigenic moulds (fungi) which compromise the quality of the processed product hence suggesting the use of alternative mould free processing techniques like soaking and sun-drying. Therefore, this study investigated the potential of soaking and sun-drying in detoxifying root tubers of a toxic cassava variety, “Rutuga”, (interpreted as “strangler”) of cyanogens (total HCN, free HCN and bound HCN) in South Western Uganda. The cyanogens were determined by a standard titration method. The results indicated that soaking peeled cassava root tubers in cold distilled water for 4 days removed about 78% of bound HCN while sun-drying of peeled cassava chips for 5 days removed about 74% of free HCN. However, both methods are less effective in removing total HCN (soaking, 47%; sun-drying, 43%) due to the ineffectiveness of soaking and sun-drying in removing free HCN (21%) and bound HCN (3%) respectively. Hence a mixed approach employing both methods would be more appropriate in detoxifying cassava of total HCN.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMorgan Andama, Julius Bunny Lejju, Benson Oloya. Potential of Soaking and Sun-Drying in Detoxifying Toxic Cassava Root Tubers. International Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2017, pp. 103-105. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfsb.20170204.11en_US
dc.identifier.other10.11648/j.ijfsb.20170204.11
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/397
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Food Science and Biotechnologyen_US
dc.subjectCassava Root Tuberen_US
dc.subjectCyanogensen_US
dc.subjectSoakingen_US
dc.subjectSun-Dryingen_US
dc.titlePotential of Soaking and Sun-Drying in Detoxifying Toxic Cassava Root Tubersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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