# Apricot Seed LD 50

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apricot-seed-ld-50/411041>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 9, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apricot-seed-ld-50/411041 "2007-07-09T13:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![acu\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@acu\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acu_j)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apricot-seed-ld-50/411041/1 "2007-07-09T13:58:53Z")

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This is a link and the text of a research article that accurately states the LD 50 of whole apricot seeds. Basically the LD 50 is 3.3g/kg by oral ingestion; [http://www.home.zonnet.nl/galien8/amygdalin/amygdalin.html](http://www.home.zonnet.nl/galien8/amygdalin/amygdalin.html)

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apricot-seed-ld-50/411041/2 "2007-07-09T17:36:57Z")

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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, **acu\_j**!

It’s customary here to provide a link to the article under discussion. I presume you were reading and responding to Cecil’s article [Are apricot seeds poisonous?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_212.html) Not a big deal, since you didn’t know.

Thanks for the added information, by the way. 🙂 However, in the article linked, I do not see where the specific mention of an LD-50 for Apricot seeds is made. 😕