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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal</journalTitle>
          <issn>2347-467X</issn>
              <eissn>2322-0007</eissn>
        <publicationDate>2016-10-25</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>4</volume>
        <issue>Special Issue Nutrition in Conference October 2016</issue>

 
    <startPage>152</startPage>
    <endPage>160</endPage>

 	 
      <doi>10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.Special-Issue-October.21</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>2973</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Determination of Α- and Β-Thujone in Wormwood and Sage Infusions of Greek Flora and Estimation of their Average Toxicity</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Νefeli-Sofia D.Sotiropoulou</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Maria Κ.Kokkini</name>


		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>

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      <author>
       <name>Stiliani-Fani P.Megremi</name>

		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Dimitra J.Daferera</name>

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	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>

    


	 


      <author>
       <name>Efstathia P. Skotti</name>

		
	<affiliationId>1,2</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Athanasios C. Kimbaris</name>

		
	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
    
    </authors>
    
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development,  Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece</affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of Food Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands, GR 28100 Kefallonia, Greece</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Laboratory of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department of Agricultural Development Democritus University of Thrace 193, Pantazidou str 68200, N. Orestiada, Greece</affiliationName>
    
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p><i>Artemisia absinthium </i>(wormwood) and <i>Salvia sp. </i>(sage) are used as additives to pharmaceuticals, food and alcoholic beverages while in Greece both herbs are also consumed as infusions. The compounds <i>α</i>- and <i>β</i>-thujone, are monoterpenes, which are found in various preparations of these herbs. According to organizations (EMA, SCF) and clinical studies, <i>α</i>- and <i>β</i>-thujone have shown neurotoxic effects in humans over established limits. In this study wormwoodandsageinfusions were investigated in terms of the relative % content of the volatile constituents and the concentrations of <i>α</i>- and <i>β</i>-thujone by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In sage infusions, <i>α</i>-thujone was the predominant isomer while in wormwood <i>β</i>-thujone was dominated. Our results revealed that most of the above herbal infusions exceed thujone limits as set by EMA, which are 3 mg/day for wormwood and 5 mg/day for sage. Furthermore, the average toxicity as performed by the Microtox® Analyzer showed higher levels of toxicity in sage infusions compared to the wormwood. No correlation was found between thujone content and toxicity levels of both sage and wormwood infusions.</p>
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    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.foodandnutritionjournal.org/vol04nospl-issue-conf-october-2016/determination-of-%ce%b1-and-%ce%b2-thujone-in-wormwood-and-sage-infusions-of-greek-flora-and-estimation-of-their-average-toxicity/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>wormwood</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> sage</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> thujone</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> infusions</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> GC-MS</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> toxicity</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Microtox
</keyword>
      </keywords>

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