Description

Amygdalin Botanical Resource: Prunus armeniaca L Molecular formula: C*0H*7NO*1 Molecular weight: **7 CAS No.: *********6 Product Spec.: Amygdalin *8% Amygdalin is extracted from almond or apricot kernel cake by boiling ethanol; on evaporation of the solution and the addition of diethyl ether, amygdalin is precipitated as white minute crystals. Liebig and Wöhler were already able to find three decomposition products of the newly discovered amygdalin: sugar, benzaldehyde, and prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide.Later research showed that sulfuric acid decomposes it into D-glucose, benzaldehyde, and prussic acid ; while hydrochloric acid gives mandelic acid, D-glucose, and ammonia. Amygdalin was first isolated in ***0. In ***5 it was used for cancer in Russia, and again in the ***0s in the United States, but it was considered too poisonous. In the ***0s a reportedly nontoxic, synthetic form was patented for use as a meat preservative, and later marketed as laetrile for cancer treatment