Safrole

Many foods also contain carcinogens -- chemicals that cause cancer at high dose in laboratory animals -- such as safrole in cinnamon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The main aromatic in hoja santa is safrole, the characteristic note of sassafras familiar from root beers, and a suspected carcinogen. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

The recipe requires oil of sassafras, or another source of safrole. ❋ Shan, Yogi (1995)

Nutmeg is more dangerous ingested, but safrole rubbed in to the skin is something else... ❋ Chris Harding (2011)

A spokeswoman 288 litres of safrole oil has been seized, enough to make 2.3 million ecstasy tablets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In July 2008, in Pursat, 170km west of Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, UN anti-drug officers destroyed 30 tons of safrole-rich oil, which was to be used by clandestine chemists in Holland to make ecstasy, using Shulgin's recipe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For ecstasy, this involved safrole, an essential oil produced by distilling the root bark of certain trees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was also revealed Australian Customs alerted police to the arrival of the machines into Australia with the raids taking place following a seven month multi-agency investigation into cocaine supply and safrole oil manufacture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During the raids police also seized ecstasy pills, LSD, cannabis, cocaine, steroids, and safrole oil (the precursor to MDMA). ❋ Unknown (2010)

- This vanilla-like safrole derivative is not a nutritional phytochemical, but is being studied for its relaxing properties in aromatherapy.

They haven’t busted anybody for simple possession yet, and there has never been a recorded case of cancer in humans provably attributed to safrole from sassafras tea or root beer, or any other ordinary consumable form.] ❋ Unknown (2010)

They haven’t busted anybody for simple possession yet, and there has never been a recorded case of cancer in humans provably attributed to safrole from sassafras tea or root beer, or any other ordinary consumable form. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They carry woody, floral, and green notes, and contain little or no safrole, a compound that’s prominent in the tree’s roots and bark, and that used to give root beer its characteristic flavor until it was found to be a likely carcinogen see hoja santa below. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

In that role safrole is believed, although not proven, to make a small but measurable contribution to the overall incidence of human cancer, equal to the hazards presented by orange juice and tomatoes. [ ❋ Unknown (2009)