Apricots are a good source of fibre with insoluble cellulose and lignin in the skin and water-soluble pectin in the flesh. Creamy Golden apricot colour comes from dark yellow carotenes (including beta carotene) that make the result of a good source of vitamin a. apricots also have vitamin c and iron.
The bark, leaves and the internal stony pit of apricot all contain amygdalin which is a natural compound that degrades to release the cyanide of hydrogen or prussic acid in the stomach. Apricot oil, treated during processing to remove cyanide, marked FFPA to show that it is "free from prussic acid.
Excerpt from apricots wells, medically called Laetrile, has been used by some alternative practitioners to treat cancer on the theory that the cyanide in amygdalin is released only when it comes into contact with beta-glucuronidase, an enzyme common to the tumor cells. Scientifically designed amygdalin tests have not shown this is true. Laetrile is illegal in the United States.
The most nutritious way to serve the apricot is when it is dried. Ounce for ounce, dried apricots are richer in nutrients and fiber than apricots fees.
Plans which may limit or exclude apricots are low diet fiber, potassium low diet and the diet low in sodium (dried apricots contain sodium sulfide).
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