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The roots of Sassafras was used in the flavoring of root beer until being banned in 1960. In 1960, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of sassafras oil and safrole in foods and drugs based on the animal studies and human case reports. Several years later, the...
The word “laureate,” as in Nobel or Poet was derived from this practice. Sassafras autumn foliage; Some individuals have three different leaflet shapes on the same plant In 1960, the FDA banned the use of sassafras oil and safrole in commercially mass produced foods and drugs based on the ...
The oil has been used externally for relief of insect bites and stings and for removing lice. Because safrole is carcinogenic, the FDA has banned the use of the oil as a food additive. A dose of safrole of 0.66 mg/kg is considered hazardous for humans. Tea samples, prepared as ...
sassafras tree- yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America sassafras,Sassafras albidum sassafras- dried root bark of the sassafras tree laurel- any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family ...
[1] Aromatic oil derived from the sassafras root bark was formerly much utilized in flavoring confections, soft drinks, and pharmaceutical products.[2] Such use was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960 after safrole was found to be hepatocarcinogenic (liver-cancer-causing) ...