Eating loquat seeds

[frukt]

Hey, I have a lot of Loquats this year and they are beautiful. Makes me sad though that I cant eat them all, my mouth dont like to much acid as well and some trees are slightly acid. So I started making juice in my wheat grass press. Its just a little bit of problem (industrial country problem ) The loquats tends to block the filter and its hard to juice them. Also, I need to pick out the kernel as well, since Im very afraid of poisoning myself

I have been googling a bit on the topic and some eat them, some dont, some make some wine even. For me it whould save a lot of work if I didnt have to pick out the kernel and then I think that the kernel even whould help keeping the filter in the juicer open.

So I will not eat the kernel but it will be pressed. What do you think? Will I die?

[Grapebush]

Once somebody, gave me to taste some liquor made with loquat seeds, and it was very good.
However, usualy we are recomended not to eat things that have some smell or taste like almonds, and loquat seeds have some, so...

[fyliu]

Yeah, that almond taste could be cyanide. Don't eat raw almonds outside the US either. Raw almonds in the US are not really raw or went through a process to render the cyanide harmless.

Maybe the fermentation process made the loquat seeds harmless also.

[fruitlovers]

"There have been instances of poisoning in poultry from ingestion of loquat seeds. The seeds contain amygdalin (which is converted into HCN); also the lipids, sterol, b-sitosterol, triglyceride, sterolester, diglyceride and compound lipids; and fatty acids, mainly linoleic, palmitic, linolenic and oleic."

From Julia Morton, https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/loquat.html#Food Uses

[frukt]

Thx people, I heard that cyanide is more or less the same as arsenic. So tonight I will be fucking like a horse 

[funlul]

I heard loquat seeds are used in (oriental) medicine to cure coughing.

[greenman62]

 It has been cultivated in Japan for over 1,000 years. It has also become naturalized in India and many other areas
arguably, on of the most popular fruits in the world.

The seeds are inedible and could include poisonous cyanogen-glycosides. Being a member of Rosaceae family of fruits, loquats have got comparable flavor and also taste as those of apples; sour, as well as fairly sweet along with enjoyable fragrance. Loquat’s leaves are additionally utilized in conventional medications and also as herbal tea in several regions of the entire world.

1. Protect from Colon Cancer

Loquat fruit consists of large quantities dietary fiber generally known as pectin, which will help to join and also clean harmful toxins from the colon. As a result it cuts down on the outcomes of toxin in colon and also safeguard from cancer of the colon.

2. Improve Skin Health

Looking into on its capability to battle cancer of the skin is continuing too. One of the leading drugs which is used to fight the side outcomes of chemotherapy is adriamycin; Loquat leaf help in reducing the side effects of this particular drug. Loquat leaf has got the distinctive capability to prevent cancer cells’ capability to recreate and also grow.
http://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/health-benefits-of-loquat/


Laetrile and the Life Saving Substance Called Cyanide
http://naturalsolutionsradio.com/blog/natural-solutions-radio/laetrile-and-life-saving-substance-called-cyanide


this has a TON of info on Loquat and medicinal qualities...
http://www.whale.to/cancer/loquat.html



Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Enthnobotantical Databases
(great to search any plant)
Activities: 569
https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/ethnoPlants/show/895?qlookup=Eriobotrya&offset=0&max=20&et=E
https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/plants/show/759?et=

Loquat Grappa
http://www.eattheweeds.com/loquat-getting-a-grip-on-grappa/