AMYGDALIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amygdalin mean? 

• AMYGDALIN (noun)
  The noun AMYGDALIN has 1 sense:

1. a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds

  Familiarity information: AMYGDALIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMYGDALIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("amygdalin" is a kind of...):

glucoside (a glycoside derived from glucose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amygdalin"):

laetrile (a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence)

 Context examples 

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase positive, oxidase and indole negative, and ferments sucrose, dulcitol and amygdalin.

(Kluyvera intermedia, NCI Thesaurus)

There are now preparations called Laetrile where amygdalin is the major constituent.

(Laetrile, NCI Thesaurus)

Amygdalin is not approved for use in the United States.

(Amygdalin, NCI Dictionary)

This species is nonmotile, oxidase negative, and produces acid from glucose, mannitol, rhamnose, arabinose and amygdalin.

(Klebsiella pneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)

Amygdalin is converted by plant emulsin (a combination of a glucosidase and a nitrilase) or hydrochloric acid into benzaldehyde, D-glucose, and hydrocyanic acid.

(Amygdalin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, produces indole, and hydrolyzes esculin and ferments melezitose, cellobiose, trehlose, amygdalin, and salicin.

(Bacteroides uniformis, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, benzaldehyde has been associated with amygdalin (laetrile), since one of amygdalins breakdown products is benzaldehyde.

(Benzaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is leucine arylamidase positive, lipase and trypsin negative, nonsporulating, non-motile, produces acid from ribose, glucose, mannose, cellobiose and salicin but not from maltose, lactose, trehalose, esculin or amygdalin.

(Collinsella intestinalis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called amygdalin.

(Laetrile, NCI Dictionary)

Laetrile and amygdalin are often used interchangeably, but are different agents.

(Laetrile, NCI Thesaurus)