Talk:Apple seed oil/Archive 1

Problems with this article[edit]

Its cited sources 1, 2 and 4 are commercial websites, which are not acceptable sources. Many of the claims made in the article are therefore not supported. Considering one of these dubious claims (that it is 'known for giving hair extra shine') is on the main page, we have had a serious failure of checking DYKs for veracity adn reliable sources. 81.129.135.62 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:19, 15 May 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Updated the refs and the DYK hook that should fix the problem for now. The article can be updated from the new refs (which I can't do right now). Materialscientist (talk) 13:01, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Holzbecher, Michaela D.; Moss, Michael A.; Ellenberger, Herman A. (1984). "The Cyanide Content of Laetrile Preparations, Apricot, Peach and Apple Seeds". Clinical Toxicology. 22 (4): 341. doi:10.3109/15563658408992565. PMID 6098693.
Abad Manrique, JB; Moreno, CL (1951). "Data on apple seed oil". Farmacognosia; anales del Instituto Jose Celestino Mutis. 11 (20): 223–30. PMID 14887690.
Lu, Y (1998). "Constitution of some chemical components of apple seed". Food Chemistry. 61: 29. doi:10.1016/S0308-8146(97)00123-4.

HIGH level of cyanide?[edit]

I've always been taught that apple seeds do have cyanide but in very small quantities, un like what this articlesays. Can someone plese verify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.13.212.107 (talk) 15:41, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[1] states that the Prune and peach pits have more cyanide. I will have a look at the article on Monday, but what I read from other articles on almonds that 50 peach pits are deadly for a human and rough calculation that 10 apple seeds are the same weight like one peach pit you should have to eat 500 apple seeds. 20 apple seeds per apple 25 apples give 500 that is a lot for a hour or two.--Stone (talk) 17:32, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Species Depicted[edit]

The fruit depicted in the picture is the apple Malus domestica , member of the Rosaceae family.However the article is describing the plant species: Pouteria Sapota (synonyms: Calocarpum Mamossum ,Pouteria Mammosa ,Lucuma Mammosa , Achradelpha Mammosa, Vitellaria Mammosa, Sideroxylon Sapota) a member of the Sapotaceae family.Other Common Names include Mammey Apple,Mamey Sapote, Zapayul, Zapote. Two very different plants.Nurscan (talk) 07:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. Please fix this article if you can. Materialscientist (talk) 08:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed all the Pouteria related content. Apparently some oil is produced from apple seeds, so I'm leaving the article with a minimal amount of information, but I'm not convinced that apple seed oil is a notable topic.Plantdrew (talk) 21:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]