Aia ʻelua ʻano ʻano o nā hua apricot: ʻono a me ka ʻawaʻawa. Ua ʻike ʻia ka mea hope ma ke ʻano he lāʻau kūlohelohe i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ma Rūsia mai 1845, ma USA mai 1920. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka pono o nā kernels apricot a hiki i kēia manawa. I ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina, hoʻohana ʻia lākou no ka ʻai ʻana, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka maʻi ʻāʻī, a me nā pilikia hanu.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he kumu maikaʻi loa nā kernel apricot no ka hao, potassium, phosphorus, a me ka huaora B17 (ʻike pū ʻia ʻo amygdalin, i loaʻa i loko o nā hua o nā pīkī, plums, a me nā ʻāpala). ʻO Amygdalin a me ka laetrile i loko o nā ʻōpala apricot he ʻehā mau mea ikaika, ʻelua o ia benzaldehyde a me ka cyanide. ʻAʻole, ua lohe pololei ʻoe! ʻO ka cyanide kekahi o nā mea e hana ai i nā kernel apricot i kā lākou hana. Nui nā meaʻai e like me ka millet, Brussels sprouts, lima beans, a me ka spinach he cyanide. He palekana kēia maʻiʻo, no ka mea, "paʻa" ka cyanide i loko o ka mea waiwai a ʻaʻohe pōʻino ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā ʻano molekala ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, aia ka enzyme rhodanane i loko o ko mākou kino, ʻo kāna hana ka ʻimi ʻana i nā molekala cyanide manuahi i mea e pale ai iā lākou. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, aia nā beta-glucosidases ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā cell olakino. ʻO Beta-glucosidase ka "unblocking" enzyme no ka cyanide a me benzaldehyde i loko o nā moleke amygdalin. .
Loaʻa i ka Vitamin B17 ka hopena therapeutic. E like me nā ʻalemona, ʻo nā ʻōpala apricot. Ma ʻEulopa, kaulana lākou no ko lākou kaulana. Ua kuhikuhi ʻia e William Shakespeare ma kāna A Midsummer Night's Dream, a me John Webster. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hōʻike ʻepekema no kēia hopena.
Hoʻopili ʻia nā kernels apricot, e pili ana i nā kauka he nui i ʻōlelo ai iā lākou i mea e hoʻoponopono ai i ka hana ʻōpū. Eia kekahi, loaʻa iā lākou nā waiwai antibacterial a me nā antifungal, e hana maikaʻi ana iā Candida albicans.