Traditional Herbal Medicine Registration (THMR).

Used as a garnish or as a flavouring in salads and many cooked dishes.

Contains Apiol, and Elemicin, alkylbenzenes, which are probably carcinogenic in that they cause DNA changes. They are both genotoxic. Contains 8-methoxy-psoralen, a furocoumarin, which is genotoxic and possibly carcinogenic. Produced adenomas and adenocrciomas of the kidney, and adenocarcinomas of the Zymbal gland.

van den Berg, S.J.P.L., Restani, et al., P.. (2011). Levels of Genotoxic and Carcinogenic Compounds in Plant Food Supplements and Associated Risk Assessment. Food and Nutrition Science 2: 989-1010. Link

Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Northwest

Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., Arizona

Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California

Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., Nevada