Kunezinhlobo ezimbili zama-apricot kernels: amnandi futhi amunyu. Lezi zinsuku zaziwa njengekhambi lemvelo ekwelapheni umdlavuza eRussia kusukela ngo-1845, e-USA kusukela ngo-1920. Nokho, izingxabano mayelana nokusebenziseka kwama-apricot kernels ziyaqhubeka kuze kube manje. Emithini yamaShayina, asetshenziselwa futhi ukuqunjelwa, umfutho wegazi ophakeme, isifo samathambo, nezinkinga zokuphefumula.
Izinhlamvu zamabhilikosi kukholakala ukuthi ziwumthombo omuhle kakhulu wensimbi, i-potassium, i-phosphorus, novithamini B17 (owaziwa nangokuthi i-amygdalin, etholakala embewini yamapentshisi, ama-plums nama-apula). I-Amygdalin kanye ne-laetrile ezinhlamvini zamabhilikosi kuqukethe izinto ezine ezinamandla, ezimbili zazo i-benzaldehyde ne-cyanide. Cha, uzwe kahle! I-Cyanide ingenye yezinto ezenza izinhlamvu zamabhilikosi zenze umsebenzi wazo. Ukudla okuningi okufana namabele, amahlumela aseBrussels, ubhontshisi we-lima, nesipinashi kune-cyanide ethile. Lokhu okuqukethwe kuphephile, njengoba i-cyanide ihlala “ivaliwe” ngaphakathi kwento futhi ayinangozi uma iboshwe kwezinye izinhlobo zamangqamuzana. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-enzyme i-rhodanane ikhona emzimbeni wethu, umsebenzi wayo ukucinga ama-molecule e-cyanide mahhala ukuze angabi namandla. Amaseli omdlavuza awajwayelekile, aqukethe ama-beta-glucosidase awekho kumaseli anempilo. I-Beta-glucosidase iyi-enzyme "evula" ye-cyanide ne-benzaldehyde kuma-amygdalin molecule. .
I-Vitamin B17 inomphumela wokwelapha. Njengama-alimondi, ama-apricot kernels anjalo. EYurophu, badume ngesithunzi sabo. Kubhekiselwa kuWilliam Shakespeare encwadini yakhe ethi A Midsummer Night's Dream, kanye noJohn Webster. Nokho, ubufakazi besayensi balo mphumela abukatholakali.
Ama-apricot kernels abizwa ngokuthi, maqondana nodokotela abaningi abancomayo ukuze balawule ukusebenza kwamathumbu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, banezindawo zokulwa namagciwane kanye ne-antifungal, ezibenza baphumelele ngokumelene ne-Candida albicans.