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noun - a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
AMYGDALIN - Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: amygdál "almond") is a naturally occurring chemical compound, famous for falsely being promoted as a cancer cure. It...
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| A glycoside, C20H27NO11, commonly found in seeds and other plant parts of many members of the rose family, such as kernels of the apricot, peach, and bitter almond, which breaks down into hydrocyanic acid, benzaldehyde, and glucose. |
| a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds |
| A bitter crystalline compound found in bitter almonds and the stones of peaches, apricots, and other fruit. |
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Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: amygdál "almond") is a naturally occurring chemical compound, famous for falsely being promoted as a cancer cure. It is found in many plants, but most notably in the seeds (kernels) of apricot, bitter almonds, apple, peach, and plum. * Amygdalin is classified as a cyanogenic glycoside because each amygdalin molecule includes a nitrile group, which can be released as the toxic cyanide anion by the action of a beta-glucosidase: eating amygdalin will cause it to release cyanide in the human body, and may lead to cyanide poisoning. Neither amygdalin nor laetrile is a vitamin. * Since the early 1950s, both amygdalin and a modified form named laetrile have been promoted as alternative cancer treatments, often using the misnomer vitamin B17. But studies have found them to be clinically ineffective in the treatment of cancer, as well as potentially toxic or lethal when taken by mouth, due to cyanide poisoning. The promotion of laetrile to treat cancer has been descr |