Subject: Polygodial in the antipodes

From: [email-masked] (Chris Read)
Date: 17 Aug 1995 00:09:24 GMT

For any that are interested, there is a group in Tasmania researching and
producing commercial quantities of the leaf and extract of Tasmannia
lanceolata (Winteraceae), rich in polygodial (up to 30% in the extract) as
a culinary speciality and food flavouring respectively.  The compound is
found in oil cells in the leaf and seed of the plant, and levels vary
widely in the natural population. I'd be interested in any comment on the
compound, the family, the storage system, the foodstuff.

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