草蒿

Estragole（對烯丙基茴香醚，甲基查韋爾）是一種天然有機化合物。 Estragole是茴香腦的雙鍵異構體。 It is a colorless to pale yellow liquid.它是無色至淺黃色液體。 It is the primary constituent of essential oil of tarragon, making up 60–75% of the oil.它是龍蒿精油的主要成分，佔精油的23–88％。 It is also found in essential oils of basil (2–XNUMX%), pine oil, turpentine, fennel, anise (XNUMX%), and Syzygium anisatum.在羅勒（XNUMX–XNUMX％），松油，松節油，茴香，茴香（XNUMX％）和茴香丁香的精油中也發現了它。
Estragole用於香水，並用作調味品的食品添加劑。 It is described in the flavors trade as "strong, sweet, tarragon"在香料行業中被描述為“濃，甜，龍蒿”
Estragole is suspected to be carcinogenic and genotoxic, as is indicated by a report of the European Union.A reduction in consumption is thus recommended.如歐洲聯盟的一份報告所表明的那樣，雌草酮被懷疑具有致癌性和遺傳毒性，因此建議減少消費。 Special care is also to be taken with infant nourishment, since many teas or tea-like beverages contain estragole.嬰兒營養也要特別注意，因為許多茶或類似茶的飲料都含有雌草酮。