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Because the early 1950s, both amygdalin along with a altered form known as laetrile or Supplement B17 have been publicized as malignancy cures. However, neither of these compounds nor any other derivatives were ever vitamins in any sense,[1] and studies have found them to be clinically ineffective in the treatment of cancer, as well as dangerously toxic and potentially lethal when taken by mouth, due to cyanide poisoning. bitter apricot seeds The promotion of laetrile to treat cancer has been detailed in the health care literature as a canonical instance of quackery,[2][3] and as "the slickest, most stylish, and certainly probably the most remunerative cancers quack advertising in medical history.


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