p-hydroxylated mandelonitrile, better known as taxiphyllin, is found in this vegetable?
Bamboo shoots. Bamboo is a plant that produces cyanogenic glycosides. When bamboo shoots are disrupted by cutting or peeling, a glycosidase enzyme in the shoot hydrolyzes the glycoside and produces hydrogen cyanide gas.
Sang-A-Gad et al. A mass cyanide poisoning from pickling bamboo shoots. Clin Tox 2011; 49, 834-839.
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