Nelson, MDMedically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD Vitamin B17 is a commonly used name for a chemical called amygdalin. It is used to make a chemical called laetrile, a compound that some ...

Vitamin B17 or Amygdalin is a poisonous cyanogenic glycoside found in many plants, but most notably in the seeds (kernels) of apricot, bitter almonds, apple, peach, and plum. Since the early 1950s ...