304
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] pirc_lover@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

The Wikipedia article seems to state otherwise: “Industrial usage of the plant for sweets was prohibited in Germany in 1974, due to coumarin, the flavorant found in woodruff, being toxic to rats and mice in studies. It has, however, not been found to be harmful to humans, even in large doses, in which it follows a different metabolic pathway.”

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

It says this:

Humans metabolize it mainly to 7-hydroxycoumarin, a compound of lower toxicity, and no adverse effect has been directly measured in humans.

I'd say that "not directly measured" isn't quite the same as "it's not toxic". It's not like ethical research is just going to administer significant daily dosages of suspected toxins to human research subjects.

Granted, it's also not very conclusive and it's probably safe to stop worrying about it for now. The sugar in most products with waldmeister is clearly a bigger issue.

this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2026
304 points (98.1% liked)

tumblr

6416 readers
155 users here now

Welcome to /c/tumblr, a place for all your tumblr screenshots and news.

Our Rules:

  1. Keep it civil. We're all people here. Be respectful to one another.

  2. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry. I should not need to explain this one.

  3. Must be tumblr related. This one is kind of a given.

  4. Try not to repost anything posted within the past month. Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.

  5. No unnecessary negativity. Just because you don't like a thing doesn't mean that you need to spend the entire comment section complaining about said thing. Just downvote and move on.


Sister Communities:

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS