Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS

Crude,diluteextracts(tinctureandfluidextract)
and the essential oil.A. absinthiumwas for-
merly official in U.S.P. (1830–1890) (BOYLE).

Regulatory Status. Approved for food use as
a natural flavoring substance, provided the

finished food is thujone-free (§172.510).

A. absinthiumis found in various European

pharmacopoeias, including the British Phar-

macopoeia (BP) and EP (EVANS). The herb is

subject of a German Commission E mono-

graph (BLUMENTHAL1).

REFERENCES

See the General References forAPhA;APPLEQUIST;BIANCHINI AND CORBETTA;BLUMENTHAL1;BRUNETON;
DER MARDEROSIAN AND BEUTLER;EVANS;FEMA;FERNALD;GRIEVE;GUENTHER;GUPTA;HOFFMAN;KARRER;
MASADA;MERCK;SAX;STAHL;TUTIN5;YOUNGKEN.

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