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Thujone content

The thujone content in all absinthe drinks is very important, without thujone, absinthe is nothing, and absinthe obviously needs thujone content in itself, it is a chemical compound which is a colorless liquid with a menthol smell. A general fact of thujone is that it boils at 210 degrees Celsius and is always insoluble in water however thujone is soluble in ethanol or diethyl ether.

Thujone is found in natural plants such as aborvitae which is from the genus thuja, whence the derivation of the name of thujone, it is found in cypress, nootka, sage, mugwort, some junipers and wormwood, this last one is used to obtain the essential oils that later will be the main constituent of absinthe.

Thujone content is used as a flavoring agent in certain foods and is an important compound in a number of the food additives. Thujone is best known as a component for the absinthe drink (a drink very popular in France, United Kingdome, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United States of America, Canada, etc.).

The thujone content in absinthe is sometimes extremely high, which is the case of absinthe king gold and absinthe king of spirits gold, which thujone content is 100 mg. of this psychoactive. The thujone content is the base of the production of absinthe, for this and because thujone is extremely poisonous if its consumed beat, it has been regulated by federal laws which regulate thujone content in absinthe drinks, so when we talk about absinthe, the word thujone is implicit.

In fact, in some countries like the United States of America traditional absinthe is illegal to sell for human consumption because it contains the chemical thujone which is banned by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) for use in foods but allowed in some herbs known to contain thujone. A lot of different types of absinthe sold in the United States of America which contain no thujone and other absinthes with thujone content are imported to the United States of America despite food and drugs administration laws.

Thujone content has been used and tasted in laboratory mice, this proof consist in this… mice are injected with thujone, then the laboratory experts make some notes about mice reaction. Such documentary evidence throw that thujone was found to be a competitive inhibitor of aminobutiric acid, and thujone was also found to be a reversible modulator of the aminobutiric acid receptor in the dorsal root ganglia neurons.

The food and drug administration designated thujone as an unsafe herb, but some herbs such as sage and rosemary have thujone content and have been given generally recognized as safe herbs. In Europe the acceptable level of thujone content is 0.5 ppm (mg/ kg) in foods AND beverages, 10 ppm in alcoholic drinks above 255 alcohol level, and 5 ppm in alcoholic drinks which alcohol level is under 25 [5 and thujone may be acceptable as 35 ppm in bitters.

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