Diabetes and cassava in Dominica.
A study of 110 non-insulin dependent diabetics and 110 controls failed to find evidence that chronic consumption of cassava flour containing significant amounts of cyanide, predisposes to diabetes mellitus.
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Princess Margaret Hospital, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies.
D003486:Cyanides / Q000009:adverse effects; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D002365:Manihot; D010945:Plants, Edible; D014900:West Indies
D003486:Cyanides