* Vitamin B17 (Laetrile) is also an immune system enhancer.
* The Food Standards Agency (UK) has advised people to take no more than two bitter apricot kernels a day. Higher doses could be dangerous for human health. According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), it has received reports from various parts of the world of people overdosing with apricot seeds.
== Apricot fruit ==
*Eight dried halves have 2 g of fiber, only 3 mg of sodium, and 325 mg of potassium—all of which help keep minerals from accumulating in urine and forming calcium oxalate stones, the most common type of [[kidney Stones (Renal Calculi)]]
* pectin increases viscosity and volume of stool so that it is used against [[constipation]] and [[diarrhea]]. (pectins found in apples : 1–1.5%, apricot : 1%, cherries : 0.4%, oranges : 0.5–3.5%, carrots : 1.4%, citrus peels : 30% )
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