Rats.
Spooky Tales From the Depths of the Lab:
The rat* keeled over, dining on safrole.
This points out gaps in the literature:
See www.foodreference.com/html/artsassafras.
Why FDA would use the rat, to test
A substance that repels the rat itself,
Is boggling. Have we no brains for thought?
Of course the rat will kick the bucket with
Ingestion of safrole - it's its make-up.
See also Thanksgiving Dinner Post.
Second thought: which members of the FDA
Benefited financially, by barring safrole, this natural
Competition to its investment entities.
This site has ideas why the effect on rats is not relevant to people, in this site on herb contraindications --
www.planetherbs.com/articles/Bentley%20contraindications.
Ramble: There are many sites that just reference effect on "animals," without differentiating between those who are allelopathically related or not -- see post for 11/17/06 for allelopathic business. Tea seems to be still ok because is "natural," and the more safrole you use, the higher degree of liver irritation. See www.familymedicinenews.org/archives/1999/2247(FM). That is part of Family Medicine News.
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