1. Amygdalin is an active ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine almonds. People have been studying for nearly two hundred years. In 1830, Robiquet et al. Isolated amygdalin, and so far it has become a commonly used expectorant cough agent, Auxiliary anti-cancer drugs, amygdalin widely exist in the apricot, peach, plum, apple, hawthorn and other varieties of Rosaceae plant seeds, especially in the bitter almonds content more.

2. Amygdalin, is a glycoside initially isolated from the seeds of the tree prunus dulcis ,also known as Bitter almonds, by Pierre-Jean Robiquet and A. F. Boutron-Charlard in 18302. Several other related species in the genus of Prunus, including apricot (prunus armeniaca) and black cherry (prunus serotina), also contain amygdalin.

Applications:

1. cough and asthma effect

Amygdalin after taking the body can be decomposed into hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde, hydrocyanic acid on the respiratory center can produce a certain inhibitory effect, so that breathing movement tends to quiet and achieve the role of cough and asthma. Amygdalin for oleic acid type respiratory distress animals can promote the synthesis of lung surface active substances, and to improve the disease.

2. Anti-tumor effect

Almond has a good antitumor effect and is used as a medicament for the treatment of cancer. Experiments show that the chemical properties of amygdalin is not active, little impact on healthy tissue, only violations and destruction of cancer cells. Amygdalin active ingredient is a naturally occurring cyanide, is the product of human metabolism, can only play a role in cancer cells. In healthy liver, kidney, spleen and white blood cells, the presence of β-glucosidase in the role of amygdalin produced cyanide and benzaldehyde, the two synergistic toxicity increased, the body exists thiocyanate is a protective enzyme The cyanide conversion of acid - anti-rheumatism, anti-corrosion, pain, in the onset of the site filled with natural analgesics. Cyanide and benzaldehyde co - destroys cancer cells.

3. The impact on the digestive system

Amygdalin in the enzymatic decomposition of the formation of hydrocyanic acid at the same time, also produce benzaldehyde, which can inhibit the stomach.