indhana :

Substitute:

Because wormwood is a bittering agent, it worked well as a hop substitute for beer.

Adultrants:

Helichrysum graveolens Sweet

Controversy:

It was once widely promoted that excessive absinthe drinking caused effects that were discernible from those associated with alcoholism, a belief that led to the coining of the term absinthism. One of the first vilifications of absinthe followed an 1864 experiment in which Magnan simultaneously exposed one guinea pig to large doses of pure wormwood vapour, and another to alcohol vapours. The guinea pig exposed to wormwood vapour experienced convulsive seizures, while the animal exposed to alcohol did not. Magnan would later blame the naturally occurring (in wormwood) chemical thujone for these effects

The spirit was banned in many countries and United States at the beginning of the 20th century, because it was believed to be hallucinogenic. Thujone an important chemical present in the essential oils of Artemisia absinthium was blamed for the hallucinogenic action of

Absinthe

liquor. The early 2000s saw the repeal of absinthe bans around the world, just a century after the bans were put in place and a little over two centuries after the modern recipe was popularized. In 2005, Switzerland repealed its ban, once again making absinthe legal in its country of origin, and as of 2007, at least two brands of absinthe were being legally bought and sold in the United States

Commercial value:

The herb has always been of a great botanical and pharmaceutical interest and is employed in folk medicine against various paints

In the food industry, a large spectrum of microorganism leads to food spoilage. Therefore, preservation of food material from degradation mainly by oxidation processes and microorganism activity during production, storage, and marketing is an important stage.

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indhana - Artemisia absinthium Linn. - Asteraceae

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