On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Mark D. Egloff wrote:
 
>      Is it something that CAN be used in the US???
>      Mark Egloff
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        Not approvedin U.S. yet. You may want to contact Dr. Nick Calderone
at the Beltsville lab in Maryland,>
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> Subject: thymol
> Author:  Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]> at CSC_uuxch
> Date:    1/9/96 6:33 AM
>
>
> Hi,
> Further information about thymol:
>
> Many chemical companys sell Thymol (Merck, ICN, SIGMA); the price varies
> between $15 and 25$ for 100 gram, for The Netherlands, maybe for the USA
> cheaper. Ask first your local chemist's or druggist's shop, they will order
> it for you if not in stock.
>
> Moth's balls (from your wardrobe) contain Thymol and Campher, so it is a very
> common substance.
>
> >From two publications:
> 1. honey contained 0.04 mg Thymol/kg after (but how long?) application.
> 2. honey containing 50 mg Thymol is undangerous to human.
> 3. waxsamples contained in March 45 mg/kg, but decreased to 0.15 mg/kg in May
>
> source: Deutsches Bienen Journal: (1993)8, 430-433: Stefanie Schultz
>         Apidologie (1991)22, 135-145: F.Chiesa
>
> LD50 orally in mice is 1.8 g/kg, for Nicotine LD50 is0.06 g/kg.
>
> Francois
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