Pali mitundu iwiri ya maso a apricot: okoma ndi owawa. Otsatirawa amadziwika ngati mankhwala achilengedwe pochiza khansa ku Russia kuyambira 1845, ku USA kuyambira 1920. Komabe, mikangano yokhudzana ndi phindu la ma apricot kernels ikupitirirabe mpaka pano. M'mankhwala achi China, amagwiritsidwanso ntchito pochiza indigestion, kuthamanga kwa magazi, nyamakazi, komanso kupuma.
Apricot kernels amakhulupirira kuti ndi gwero labwino kwambiri la iron, potaziyamu, phosphorous, ndi vitamini B17 (wotchedwanso amygdalin, wopezeka mu njere za mapichesi, plums, ndi maapulo). Amygdalin ndi laetrile mu ma apricot kernels muli zinthu zinayi zamphamvu, ziwiri zomwe ndi benzaldehyde ndi cyanide. Ayi, mwamva bwino! Cyanide ndi imodzi mwazinthu zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ma apricot agwire ntchito yawo. Zakudya zambiri monga mapira, Brussels zikumera, nyemba za lima, ndi sipinachi zimakhala ndi cyanide. Izi ndizotetezeka, chifukwa cyanide imakhalabe "yotsekedwa" mkati mwa chinthucho ndipo imakhala yopanda vuto ikamangidwa m'maselo ena. Kuphatikiza apo, enzyme rhodanane ilipo m'thupi lathu, yomwe ntchito yake ndikufufuza mamolekyu aulere a cyanide kuti asawasokoneze. Maselo a khansa ndi achilendo, ali ndi beta-glucosidases omwe sapezeka m'maselo athanzi. Beta-glucosidase ndi enzyme "yotsegula" ya cyanide ndi benzaldehyde mu mamolekyu a amygdalin. .
Vitamini B17 ali ndi achire zotsatira. Monga ma amondi, maso a apricot ali. Ku Ulaya, iwo ndi otchuka chifukwa cha mbiri yawo. Imatchulidwa ndi William Shakespeare mu Loto la Midsummer Night's Dream, komanso ndi John Webster. Komabe, umboni wa sayansi wokhudza izi sunapezekebe.
Zipatso za apricot zimatchedwa, zomwe madokotala ambiri amazilangiza kuti aziyendetsa matumbo. Kuphatikiza apo, ali ndi antibacterial ndi antifungal properties, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zogwira mtima motsutsana ndi Candida albicans.