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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0041-008x(71)80002-9 | DOI Listing |
J Agric Food Chem
April 2001
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 115 Wellman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3112, USA.
Essential oils containing alpha- and beta-thujones are important herbal medicines and food additives. The thujone diastereomers are rapidly metabolized convulsants acting as noncompetitive blockers of the gamma-aminobutyric acid-gated chloride channel. Synthesis and analysis of the metabolites are essential steps in understanding their health effects.
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