Akwai nau'ikan apricot iri biyu: zaki da ɗaci. An san karshen a matsayin magani na halitta a cikin maganin ciwon daji a Rasha tun daga 1845, a Amurka tun 1920. Duk da haka, jayayya game da amfanin apricot kernels ya ci gaba har zuwa yanzu. A cikin magungunan kasar Sin, ana amfani da su don rashin narkewar abinci, hawan jini, arthritis, da matsalolin numfashi.
An yi imanin cewa kernels na apricot shine kyakkyawan tushen ƙarfe, potassium, phosphorus, da bitamin B17 (wanda aka sani da amygdalin, wanda aka samu a cikin tsaba na peaches, plums, da apples). Amygdalin da laetrile a cikin kwayayen apricot sun ƙunshi abubuwa masu ƙarfi guda huɗu, biyu daga cikinsu sune benzaldehyde da cyanide. A'a, kun ji daidai! Cyanide yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke sa kwayayen apricot suyi aikinsu. Yawancin abinci irin su gero, Brussels sprouts, lima wake, da alayyafo suna da wasu cyanide. Wannan abun ciki yana da lafiya, tun da cyanide ya kasance "rufe" a cikin abun kuma ba shi da lahani idan an ɗaure shi a cikin wasu nau'ikan kwayoyin halitta. Bugu da ƙari, rhodanane enzyme yana cikin jikinmu, wanda aikinsa shine bincika kwayoyin cyanide kyauta don kawar da su. Kwayoyin cutar kansa ba su da kyau, suna ɗauke da beta-glucosidases waɗanda ba su cikin ƙwayoyin lafiya. Beta-glucosidase shine "cirewa" enzyme don cyanide da benzaldehyde a cikin kwayoyin amygdalin. .
Vitamin B17 yana da tasirin warkewa akan. Kamar almonds, apricot kernels ne. A Turai, sun shahara da suna. William Shakespeare ne ya yi nuni a cikin Mafarkinsa na A Midsummer Night, da kuma John Webster. Koyaya, har yanzu ba a sami shaidar kimiyya game da wannan tasirin ba.
Ana danganta kwayayen apricot, dangane da abin da likitoci da yawa ke ba da shawarar su don daidaita aikin hanji. Bugu da ƙari, suna da magungunan kashe kwayoyin cuta da antifungal, suna sa su tasiri a kan Candida albicans.