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	Thujone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thujone is a ketone and a monoterpene that exists in two stereoisomeric forms: (+)-3-thujone or α-thujone and (-)-3-thujone or β-thujone and has a menthol odor.
		Thujone is found in a number of plants, such as arborvitae (genus Thuja, hence the derivation of the name), Nootka Cypress, some junipers, mugwort, sage, tansy and wormwood, most notably grand wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), usually as a mix of isomers in a 1:2 ratio.
		Thujone is most famous for being a chemical in the drink absinthe and many modern producers list their supposed thujone levels on the bottle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thujone (981 words)

	Absinthe at la Fée Verte: Thujone - Seperating Myth from Reality
		The vintage Pernod absinthe is shown to have the lowest concentration of total thujone of any of the samples tested and the highest is found in the Swiss sample, but even this was lower than the EU limit of 35 mg/l for thujone in bitters.
		Thus a safe (no effect) dose of thujone could be extrapolated as 8.75 mg/day for a 70 kg human and it can be seen that even at the highest concentrations found in any of the samples tested, the effects of the alcohol would far outweigh those of the thujone.
		Thujone's GABA modulating activity explains its convulsant effects at high doses and smaller doses may produce stimulant action (there is anecdotal evidence that drinking absinthe produces a clarity of thought that is not usually associated with alcoholic drinks).
	www.feeverte.net /thujone.html (1693 words)

	Thujone and Absinthe
		Thujone is a bridged ring with a ketone group, a methyl group, and an iso-propyl group.
		Thujone has been banned as a food additive by the FDA, but is found in many of the plants considered safe by the FDA and at least 41 direct food additives.
		Thujone is also found in many non-food items such as perfume, as thujone is in the essential oils of many plants, and perfumes are generally composed primarily from essential oils of plants.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi2/pbgerrard/absinthe.html (2405 words)

	Thujone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thujone is a chemical compound, it is a colorless liquid with a distinctive menthol odor.
		Thujone owes its name to the plant that is found in the arbovitae genus, Thuja, from where its name originates.
		Thujone is many times a replace for the name of absinthe, because in many places where absinthe is for sale it is under the name of thujone, but this do not means that thujone is similar to absinthe and it is drinkable, thujone is an essential part of absinthe.
	www.absinthe.bz /Absinthe-Articles/thujone.html?act_vn (468 words)

	Absinthe FAQ - ABSINTHE.SE
		Thujone was found as a part of absinthe and studies made on thujone showed that thujone caused severe damage to your body and eventually killed you.
		Thujone content has nothing to do with the quality of an absinthe and it is often safe to say that those brands marketing themselves as having the highest amount of thujone are likely to be the worst ones.
		More information on thujone can be found in the thujone section of this site and an outstanding resource for information, modern and historic research and papers on thujone and absinthe, can be found at http://www.thujone.info/.
	www.absinthe.se /faq/index.html (2169 words)

	The Wormwood Society • The Shaky History of Thujone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thujone is a monoterpene compound that occurs in two stereoisomers, alpha-thujone and beta-thujone, these are often lumped together as just thujone.
		Today the EU regulates thujone amounts to 10 mg/l in high proof beverages and 35 mg/l in beverages labeled as "bitters."[5] It has been previously thought that pre-ban absinthe drunk at the turn of the 20th century had much higher levels than this, but current scientific evidence shows that might not be the case.
		Thujone's journey to fame began many years ago in 1845 when it was first isolated from wormwood oil but it wasn't specifically blamed until later.
	www.wormwoodsociety.org /thujone.html (2085 words)

	Thujone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thujone is the active ingredient in artemisia, a common herb also know as woodworm.
		Thujone is said to have a very similar molecular structure to cannabis and therefore similar effects in the brain.
		One word of caution though, thujone is also responsible for the bitter taste in absinth, and only high quality drinks will have a blend of all the ingredients so balanced as to make the drink palatable and sweet.
	www.absinth.bz /articles/thujone.html?act_vn (452 words)

	519. Thujone (WHO Food Additives Series 16)
		Studies on the pharmacological and toxicological properties of the thujones are complicated by the fact that many experiments involved the use of ill-defined mixtures of the two isomers.
		Thujone was without effect on respiratory activity of the cerebral cortex of rats pretreated with single oral doses of 10-100 mg/kg or repeated daily doses of 10 mg/kg for up to 15 days (Pinto-Scognamiglio, 1968).
		Thujone did not reinforce the convulsant activity of pentetrazol or electric shocks and had no effect on barbiturate sleeping time.
	www.inchem.org /documents/jecfa/jecmono/v16je25.htm (1607 words)

	Wormwood-Absente: Thujone
		Thujone in absinthe is derived from the wormwood leaves in the preparation of the liquor, Absinthe.
		Because thujone has been shown to cause adverse effects, it is believed to be the compound responsible for the ban of this popular liquor, Absinthe.
		Thujone has been suggested as causing addictions, hyperactivity, excitability, hallucinations and psychedelics with chronic use from the ingredient wormwood.
	www.wormwood-absente.com /thujone.htm (613 words)

	Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy \| Full text \| Absinthism: a fictitious 19th century syndrome with ...
		Thujone was regarded as being the determining factor amongst the aromatic compounds in terms of detecting wormwood spirits [25].
		Until recently, the thujone content of pre-ban absinthe was largely unknown and was calculated in 1992 by Arnold [20] to be as high as 260 mg/l (a value very often cited in the newer literature, e.g.
		Historically applied methods for the determination of levels of thujone in absinthe were based upon iodometric titration [90] or color reactions [91]; these sometimes provided only detection limits as high as 20 mg/l and were therefore unfit for the detection of small quantities.
	www.substanceabusepolicy.com /content/1/1/14 (8465 words)

	Lachenmeier, Emmert, Kuballa and Sartor (2005) Thujone - cause of absinthism? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Habitual abuse of the wormwood spirit absinthe was described in the 19th and 20th century as cause for the mental disorder “absinthism” including the symptoms hallucinations, sleeplessness, and convulsions.
		To ascertain if thujone may have caused absinthism, absinthes were manufactured according to historic recipes of the 19th century using commercial wormwood herbs of three different manufacturers as well as self-cultivated ones in a concentration of 6 kg/100 L spirit.
		With regard to their thujone concentrations, the hallucinogenic potential of vintage absinthes can be assessed being rather low because the historic products also comply to today’s maximum limits derived to exclude such effects.
	www.getcited.org /pub/103413810 (325 words)

	A B S I N T H E FAQ
		However, it is possible that thujone accumulates in the body and plays a role in the psychoactivity and toxicity of chronic absinthe use.
		Thujone would have to be active at a very low dose or be present in high quantities in order to have any appreciable effect.
		The appearance of thujone's effects after chronic administration of an otherwise ineffective dose is consistent with the toxicological data on thujone.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/ToreadorRises/AbsintheFAQ.html (3827 words)

	Thujone -Engl.
		a-Thujone meanwhile is an important component in salves, perfumes, creams, etc. usually as a counter-irritant.
		The anti-insect and preservative properties of white cedar used for clothes chests is due to the thujone in the wood; the classical name for white cedar is Thuja, whence the terpene gets its name.
		In summary, thujone and absinthe were unjustly maligned and demonized, for a combination of commercial and ideological (even religious) reasons.
	www.lafeeverte.ch /gesetzmedizin/thujoneengl (1430 words)

	THUJONE INFO - Accurate, authorative information about THUJONE and ABSINTHE.
		Thujone was without effect on respiratory activity of the cerebral cortex of rats pretreated with single oral doses of 10-100 mg/kg or repeated
		The principal constituents of tansy oil are alpha- and ß-thujone, camphor and borneol, the average content of thujones is approximately 50%.
		Thujone is a terpene and is related to menthol, which is known for its
	www.thujone.info (2179 words)

	Erowid Absinthe Vault : Alpha-Thujone (546-80-5)
		Thujone is presented to the CSWG for review because of its potential for widespread human exposure through spices, herbs, and essential oils containing thujone.
		Thujone is potentially toxic and the presence of alpha- and beta-thujone in food and beverages is regulated by law in several countries (Micali and Lanuzza, 1995).
		The toxicity of thujone was responsible for the eventual ban of absinthe at the beginning of this century (Bonkovsky et al., 1992; Baggott, 1993).
	www.erowid.org /chemicals/absinthe/absinthe_info3.shtml (2576 words)

	The Webtender: Absinthe FAQ
		Thujone's mechanism of action is not known, although structural similarities between thujone and tetrahydrocannabinol (the active component in marijuana) have led some to hypothesize that both substances have the same site of action in the brain.
		Thujone makes up 40 to 90% (by weight) of the essence of wormwood, from which absinthe is made (2).
		Thujone occurs in a variety of plants, including tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) and sage (salvia officinalis), as well as in all the trees of the arborvitae group, of which the thuja (Thuja occidentalis), or white cedar, is one.
	www.webtender.com /handbook/absfaq.html (2475 words)

	Thujone - Feature Molecule
		Thujone, one of the ingredients in the liquor, has been shown to cause of brain damage, and it is believed to be the compound responsible for the 1915 ban of the once highly popular drink in France.
		Thujone is a monoterpene, or a class of natural products containing ten carbons, found in many different plants and flowers.
		Thujone and THC have similar shapes, and it is believed that they interact with the same biological receptor to produce their similar psychological effects [9].
	www.phc.vcu.edu /Feature/oldfeature/thuj/thujone.html (836 words)

	US Patent 4756755 Norman Harding ~ Rodent Repellant Liquids
		Rodent repellent liquids are disclosed which are comprised of thujone oil in pure form or in the form of cedar leaf oil in a suitable low odor liquid carrier such as mineral oil.
		I prefer to use a liquid comprised of thujone oil in the form of cedar leaf oil and a low odor liquid carrier, such as mineral oil, in a mixture having from 0.5 to 10 ounces carrier per 1 ounce cedar leaf oil.
		Thujone oil is extracted from the wormwood plant and cedar leaf oil is obtained from the cedar tree.
	www.rexresearch.com /agro/4756755.htm (1009 words)

	Absinthe,Absinthe-Encyclopedia,Thujone,Czech Absinthe,Czech Strong Absinthe,King of Spirits Gold,Pernod Absinthe
		Cause of the content of chemical thujone in the wormwood, which is a toxin, when taken in large amounts, absinthe was forbidden in Germany by law 1923 as a toxic drug.
		Exception is as "Bitterspirit" declared Absinthe, which is allowed to have a thujone content of 35 mg/Kg.
		The today valid version of the flavour prescription still forbids the use of thujone - but allows the use of thujone containing plants and parts of plants as wormwood herbs (Herba Absinthii) and Beifuss (Herba Arthemisiae) under attention to adjusted maximum values of the resulting thujone-level.
	www.absinthe-dealer.com /assets/own/absinthe-encyclopedia.htm (830 words)

	The Wormwood Society • Frequently Asked Questions About Absinthe
		Thujone, the primary volatile oil in wormwood, is present in only in very small amounts in absinthe and is negligible in its effects.
		Thujone's role in the so-called "secondary effect" is greatly exaggerated, as are the secondaries themselves.
		While in extremely high quantities, thujone is known to be a dangerous neurotoxin, science has shown through chemical analysis of vintage absinthes and contemporary absinthes made strictly according to historical recipes, that previous estimates of thujone levels in pre-ban absinthe were greatly exaggerated.
	wormwoodsociety.org /ABSfaq.html (3247 words)

	Absinthe FAQ at The Virtual Absinthe Museum: Wormwood, Thujone, Secondary Effects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thujone is a terpene and is related to menthol, which of
		Thujone – pronounced "thoo-jone" with a soft 'J' – is a naturally occurring
		concentration of thujone actually found in absinthe is many thousands of times lower than this.
	www.oxygenee.com /absintheFAQ2.html (1157 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans! Cover Story 12 17 02
		Thujone occurs naturally in wormwood (pictured) and is often cited as the source of absinthe's toxicity and psychoactive properties.
		Thujone is a monoterpene, related to both camphor and menthol, that occurs naturally in wormwood as well in sage, tarragon, tansy and commercial products such Vicks VapoRub.
		As for thujone's reputation as the psychoactive component of absinthe, Ted Breaux is unequivocal: "Thujone is not a drug," he says.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2002-12-17/cover_story2.html (593 words)

	Absinthe Store / Buy the real absinthe wormwood alcohol liquor online with thujone 100mg
		The ingredient in Absinthe "Thujone" is structurally related to (THC) which is found in cannabis, marijuana and hashish, but Thujone will definitely not show up on any drug test.
		Thujone along with the combination of the other psychoactive herbs and the alcohol is what is believed to cause the psychedelic, hallucinogenic or high of Absinthe.
		Real Absinthe containing Thujone for human consumption is banned in many countries like the United States and Switzerland to name the least.
	www.tlbrancha.com /thujone_absinthe (1345 words)

	Absinthe - Are You Man Enough?
		The thujone content of all commercial Absinthes is low enough to cause no harm to the human body.
		New research indicates, however that thujone blocks GABA-A receptors in the brain which inhibit the firing of brain cells, once these receptors are blocked, the brain is free to fire at will.
		With 70% alcohol by volume and 100mg of psychoactive Thujone, this is the Absinthe Picasso, van Gogh and Hemingway acclaimed.
	www.absinthe.bz /man-enough.html?mv_pc=Daves (929 words)

	Absinthe Minded - Absinthe For Sale
		Foremost of the stimulants is thujone, the psychoactive chemical at the heart of the herb wormwood, which, along with anisette, gives absinthe its bitter, fl liquorish taste.
		Thujone containing absinthe sold in liquor stores, as long as thujone quantity remain within European-accepted levels.
		Thujone containing absinthe is being sold in liquor stores in New Zealand.
	www.absintheminded.com (680 words)

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