There are some toxic substances and antinutritional factors in flaxseed, such as antivitamin B6 factors and cyanogenetic glycoside, Which limit the application of flaxseed.
The nonionic surfactant palmitic acid monoethanolamide polyglycoside(PMEAPG),which has not been reported in the literature,was obtained by transglycosidation of PMEA with n-butyl glycoside.