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AMYGDALIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
Classified under:
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:
Cyanide and benzaldehyde are metabolites of both laetrile and amygdalin.
(Laetrile, NCI Thesaurus)
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