A review of amygdalin characteristics

Viorica-Mirela Popa, Diana-Nicoleta Raba, Camelia Moldovan,Mariana-Atena Poiana, Corina-Dana Misca, Delia-Gabriela Dumbrava, Aurica-Breica Borozan

Volume 27, Issue 4;
Pages: 409-415; 2021
ISSN: 2069-0053 (print) (former ISSN: 1453-1399), Agroprint;
ISSN (online): 2068-9551

This review prefaces the current state of knowledge in the field with the history and evolution of amygdalin. Information and scientific data were summarized from the literature on the amygdalin content of certain fruit seeds and seeds, the methods for their determination, the controversies on the one hand and the toxicity due to its enzymatic degradation, on the other possible anticancer activity of the amygdalin.