Bacteria-based biotechnological processes are applied to minimize the content of CNG in food products. For the usability and identification of the added value of plant food resources, it is important to know the functions and importance of antinutritional components of metabolism with a consequent impact on nutrition and health. In the review we provided a comprehensive view of the importance and potential of CNG in plants with a focus on food resources, where the model object was presented by linseed. | CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES - THEIR ROLE AND POTENTIAL IN PLANT FOOD RESOURCES Ľubomír Harenčár1 Katarína Ražná 1 Janka Nôžková1 Address es prof. Ing. Katarína Ražná PhD. 1 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources Institute of Plant and Environmental Sciences Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Trieda Andreja Hlinku 2. 949 76 Nitra Slovak Republic 421 37 6414240. Corresponding author https ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Received 14. 5. 2021 Plants have metabolites and mechanisms that provide them with the basic building blocks for germination growth and reproduction Revised 2. 7. 2021 processes while providing them with protection and supporting their adaptation to environmental stresses. Due to their multifunctional Accepted 2. 9. 2021 significance cyanogenic glycosides CNG indicate the importance of their role in the plant organism. Their diversity and biochemical Published origin are worth noting. Paradoxically several nutritionally important food resources of plant origin are characterized by the presence of cyanogenic glycosides in various tissues. Processing approaches of plant food resources ensure a reduction in the content of these ingredients to an acceptable safe level. Different bacteria-based biotechnological processes are applied to minimize the content of CNG Review in food products. For the usability and identification of the added value of plant food resources it is important to know the functions and importance of antinutritional components of metabolism with a consequent impact on nutrition and health. In the review we provided a comprehensive view of the importance and potential of CNG in plants with a focus on food resources where the model object was presented by linseed. Keywords cyanogenic glycosides plant food resources linseed Linum usitatissimum L. INTRODUCTION The cytochrome P450 CYP monooxygenases are probably the most catalytic .