Absinth - Geschichte einer Thujon- oder Alkoholabhängigkeit?

Autor:	D. W. Lachenmeier
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Psychiatry and Mental health chemistry.chemical_compound Neurology Traditional medicine chemistry law Neurology (clinical) Thujone Essential oil Volume concentration Mathematics law.invention
Zdroj:	Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie. 75:306-308
ISSN:	1439-3522 0720-4299
DOI:	10.1055/s-2007-959210
Popis:	The etiopathology of absinthe dependence was previously attributed to the effects of the wormwood constituent thujone. Current research proves otherwise. Foremost, it must be considered that the wormwood plant shows a very large variance in quantity of thujone (0 - 70 % in essential oil) dependent on chemo type and cultivation area. Thus, absinthe does not contain thujone in general. Experimental production of absinthes and analyses of vintage absinthes (1900 - 1930) consistently showed that they contained only relatively low concentrations of thujone below today’s maximum limits. Scientific literature contains no proof that historic absinthes may have contained thujone in concentrations able to produce toxic effects. The current state of research considers absinthism to be a type of alcoholism with thujone playing none or only a secondary role.
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