Chemical composition of vintage preban absinthe with special reference to thujone, fenchone, pinocamphone, methanol, copper, and antimony concentrations

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3073-3081

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Nathan Maister, David ^b   Breaux, Theodore A ^c   Sohnius, Eva Maria ^a   Schoeberl, Kerstin ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

^b Oxygenee Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Jade Liqueurs LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Absinthe; Antimony; Artemisia absinthium L.; Copper; Fenchone; Higher alcohols; Pinocamphone; Thujone; Wormwood

Indexed keywords

1,3,3 TRIMETHYL 2 NORCAMPHANONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY; BETA THUYONE; BETA-THUJONE; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; COPPER; METHANOL; NORBORNANE DERIVATIVE; PINOCAMPHONE; TERPENE;

ABSINTHE; ARTICLE; LAW; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ABSINTHE; ALCOHOLS; ANTIMONY; BORNANES; COPPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEGISLATION, FOOD; METHANOL; MONOTERPENES; NORBORNANES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM;

EID: 44349186903     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf703568f     Document Type: Article

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