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| fras tea is consumed, has a lower liver cancer rate than other parts of the country. There are so many chemical compounds in sassafras and their interactions are so complicated that no one understands how they work. However, botanical researchers suggest that sassafras contains ingredients that prevent safrole from harming the liver and which may, in fact, strengthen that organ. All plants contain a complicated matrix of chemical compounds and, to date, no synthetic product, whether an essential oil, flavoring agent or drug, has ever duplicated Mother Nature. |
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