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Definition of Amygdalin
1. Noun. A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds.
Definition of Amygdalin
1. n. A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Definition of Amygdalin
1. Noun. (biochemistry) a glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit ¹
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Definition of Amygdalin
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Medical Definition of Amygdalin
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Literary usage of Amygdalin
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1. Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1855)
"In water, both hot and cold, amygdalin is very insoluble : a hot saturated ...
The decomposition of amygdalin under the influence of this body may be ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"amygdalin may be dissolved in water, and it i be kept unchanged ; but if it be
mixed with an emulsion sweet almonds, decomposition commences immediately, ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"By means of specially devised apparatus, the hydrolysis of amygdalin by emulsion
has been ... The effect of varying the concentration of amygdalin and ..."
4. Elements of chemistry, including the applications of the science in the arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"CHAPTER IV. amygdalin AND THE BODIES DERIVED FROM ITS DECOMPOSITION. SECTION I.
amygdalin. The formula of anhydrous amygdalin is ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"amygdalin. It was pointed out that racemic amygdalin could be partially resolved
... /-amygdalin or ordinary amygdalin was obtained pure from the racemic by ..."
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