Development of a PCR high-resolution melt assay for artemisia absinthium (wormwood) and a triplex assay with two additional "unregulated legal high" species datura stramonium (jimson weed) and merremia tuberosa (Hawaiian woodrose) - Kiesel BD, Elkins KM.

Artemisia absinthium (wormwood), a common ingredient in absinthe, contains the compound thujone, which is unregulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Thujone can cause an "unregulated legal high" in higher concentrations. The European Union limits thu...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news