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PRODUCT DATA Additional Info: Tonka beans have a pleasant vanilla-like odor and have been used in perfumery, soaps, and as a flavoring agent in foods and tobacco. The beans are usually fermented in the local rum and then air-dried. This results in the formation of coumarin crystals dusting the outside of the seed, making them appear lightly frosted. In laboratory studies conducted in Brazil with animals, seed extracts have been reported to evidence chologogue, choleretic, antispasmodic, hypoglycemic, anti-diuretic, anti-spermatogenic, and anti-inflammatory actions. These animals studies noted liver damage and toxicity in rats at the higher dosages of 350 mg per kg of body weight using a crude seed extract. Researchers in the United States reported an in vitro anti-tumor effect using a mouse mammary cancer model in 2003. Outside the laboratory, tonka is mostly used as an incense. These beans are used for all forms of good luck, be it in finances, love, health or anything else. It is said that burning tonka bean can attract love. At one time, tonka was used as a flavoring for pipe tobacco. Maybe that is why pipe smoking was considered so attractive. | |
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