Amygdalin is sometimes confounded with laevomandelonitrile, also called laetrile for short; however, Amygdalin and Laetrile are different chemical compounds. Laetrile, which was patented in the United States, is a semi-synthetic molecule sharing part of the Amygdalin structure, while the "laetrile" made in Mexico is usually Amygdalin, the natural product obtained from crushed apricot pits, or neoamygdalin.
Though it is sometimes sold as "Vitamin B17", it is not a vitamin. Amygdalin/Laetrile was claimed to be a vitamin by Ernst Krebs, Jr in the hope that if classified as a nutritional supplement it would escape the federal legislation regarding the marketing of drugs. He could also capitalise on the public fad for vitamins at that time.
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