Absinthin

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Orange needles with bitter taste

182-183 ° C ( decomp., from methanol )

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Absinthin with a content of 0.2 to 0.28 % of the main component of the bitter substances contained in wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium L.). It is chemically speaking to the sesquiterpene lactones, more specifically to the Guajanoliden - it arises from two molecules Artabsin, which is also found in the herb (about 0.1 %), according to the mechanism of a [ 4 2 ] cycloaddition ( Diels -Alder reaction). Absinthin bitter than its precursor Artabsin (ratio of Bitter values ​​= 26:1 ) and accounts for about 99 % of the value of bitter wormwood ( Absinthii herba ) from. It is involved in the appetite -boosting, digestive, flatulence and gallenflußtreibenden effect of wormwood. Absinthin is also used for the flavoring of alcoholic beverages.