Cherry pits are full of cyanogenic glycosides.
櫻桃充滿了氰苷。
The good: Cherries themselves are tasty. The pits can be used as a source of fuel, and to relieve body aches and pains.
益處:櫻桃本身很好吃。這種水果的核可以被制作成一種燃料,還能緩解身體疼痛。
The bad: Cherry pits contain cyanogenic glycosides. A small amount is fine, but several pits -- made worse by chewing them up and allowing the glycosides to mix with your enzymes -- can poison you. Effects range from headaches and vomiting to kidney failure and eventually coma, convulsions, and death.
壞處:櫻桃核含有多種氰苷。吃一點點沒事,但是如果將其咀嚼會釋放大量的糖苷混合物,與你的酶相結合會讓你喪命。癥狀有頭疼、惡心甚至還會出現昏迷、抽搐和死亡。