Cyanide, cyan, apples
Seeds mildly poisonous?
The article claims that the seeds contain “a small amount of amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside,” yet checking Wikipedia’s page for amygdalin and glycoside make the claim look rather doubtful. Can someone in the know check the reference or confirm this is true? Cheers, Pugget (talk) 09:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- I am concerned about that bit too, but the problem is that it is sourced. Amygdalin is actually used to fight cancer, which makes this situation a bit tricky. If other editors agree, I will remove it. Cheers! Λua∫Wise (Operibus anteire) 09:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Why remove it? It’s true. —Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 12:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Have a look her for example: [6] page 50. And chemotherapy = cytotoxic compound, so don’t misunderstand it as if “used to treat cancer” is a good property for normal people. Narayanese (talk) 00:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Well, to me, that’s mostly a bunch of gibberish. Certainly any reduction from that text that the seeds are poisonous seems like WP:OR, as there is a complete lack of mention of them being poisonous in the source. Further, I searched the cited book using booth google book search and amazon book search for “poison” - neither hits with either. I will remove unless someone comes up with a cite (or a page number in the current one). Cheers, Pugget (talk) 17:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
