Absinthe - Historic facts and biochemical news about the "green fairy";"Die grüne fee" absinth - Historische und biochemische Fakten

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Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Hein, Jakob ^a,b   Juckel, Georg ^a   Kienast, Thorsten ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absinthe; Addiction potential; Neuronal receptors; Thujone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ABSINTHOL; ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ABSINTHE; ADDICTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAW; MONEY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 14844282297     PISSN: 09395911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1463/2005.01.03     Document Type: Review

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