More On Liniments and Unguents in the 18th Dynasty

[heremon]

As it seems possible that the skin disease of the Thutmosids may have
required heavy use of liniments, one particular substance they
definitely had access to, in abundance, was cedar oil. Furthermore,
cedar has the highest concentration, among all natural sources, of the
very active chemical thujone.

A little research shows that thujone can be toxic in many ways,
including genetic. It could be possible to show that multi-
generational exposure to heavy, and persistant, dosages of thujone
will lead to congenital defects...possibly even Marfan's Syndrome!

[Charlie]

Post by heremon
As it seems possible that the skin disease of the Thutmosids may have
required heavy use of liniments, one particular substance they
definitely had access to, in abundance, was cedar oil. Furthermore,
cedar has the highest concentration, among all natural sources, of the
very active chemical thujone.
A little research shows that thujone can be toxic in many ways,
including genetic.

Could you cite some research (preferably on the web) that maintains that
thujone is genetically toxic? I have never heard this before.

Charlie

[heremon]

Post by Charlie
Could you cite some research (preferably on the web) that maintains that
thujone is genetically toxic? I have never heard this before.

The article mentioning genetotoxicity is evading my search today.
However, here's a link to some more detailed research, detailing the
possibility of it being a mutagen:

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=03DB8C36-E7A1-9889-3BDF8436F2A8C51F

[Raphael Bruce]

Post by heremon

Post by Charlie
Could you cite some research (preferably on the web) that maintains that
thujone is genetically toxic? I have never heard this before.

The article mentioning genetotoxicity is evading my search today.
However, here's a link to some more detailed research, detailing the
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=03DB8C36-E7A1-9889-3BDF8436F2A8C51F

EVIDENCE FOR POSSIBLE CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY

Human Data: No epidemiological studies or case reports investigating the association of exposure to alpha-thujone and cancer risks in humans were identified in the available literature.