Oil from the pressed inner seed contains olein, glyceride of linoleic acid, and a transparent, crystalline chemical compound, amygdalin, or laetrile. This compound is also known as vitamin B17.
Antioxidants, flavonoids including oligomeric proanthocyanidins.
Bioflavonoids, polyphenolic compounds, diphenol hydroxybenzene complex.
Cough suppressant, expectorant and laxative.
Apricot seed is the small kernel enclosed within the wood-like pit at the center of the apricot fruit.
Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, coagulant.
Apricot seeds contain cyanide which is why they are not sold in the United States.
Chinese Medicine practitioners use apricot seed as a treatment in respiratory diseases, including bronchitis and emphysema.
A neem seed typically has three parts - the outer shell, the pulp, and the seed kernel inside. Each part of the seed serves a different purpose and contains various compounds with medicinal and insecticidal properties.
Almost all Indian spices have some health benefits or medicinal properties. A few of them are Anise Seed, Asafoetida, Bay Leaf, Cardamom, and Cayenne Pepper.
As a possible cancer preventative and malignant cell growth inhibitor, however several studies in the United States in the 1970's and 1980's demonstrated that amygdalin did not kill cancer cells.
Practitioners of Chinese medicine advise that apricot seed should not be given in combination with the herbs astragalus, skullcap, or kudzu root.
Yes, rather like an almond.