date:Nov 06, 2012
ublished in 2001, the average consumption of Estragole for humans is 4.3 mg/day and the 97.5th percentile to 8.7 mg/day.
After several studies were conducted on mice it was discovered estragole is a weak inducer of hepatocarcinogenicity, which is an inducer of cancer and liver tumours. It was noted that the smaller the does the less of an effect estragole produced. It was also found to be genotoxic and carcinogenic, but not mutagenic.
Capsaicin N-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-8-methylnon-6-enami