[Herbalist] Help-- toxicity data?

[demetria]

Personally I do not like the book, it is like stuff by Varro Tyler the anti
herbal herbal.
It is beneficial in a practice setting where you may hav eto look up
commonly recognized interations.
Just babbling......
Demetria

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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Herbalist] Help-- toxicity data?


"Kathleen H. Keeler" wrote:

> > I'm working on an egg-dyeing project, and am suddenly looking at the
> > toxicity of period
> > dyestuffs that might have been used on eggs-- and can can't find this
listed
> > in my books. The
> > dyestuffs I'm interested in are:
> > - madder
>
> First edition PDR for Herbal Medicines says
> "madder root contains lucidin. Lucidin is positive in various bacterial
strains
> using the Ames test.  The substance induces concentration-dependent gene
> mutations and DNA strand cleavage.  Therefore, there exists a strong
indication
> that lucidin is mutagenic and carcinogenic"

Hello

What is the "First edition PDR for Herbal Medicines"

Branwen filia Iohannes de Monmouth
Barony of Ruantallan



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