DogMa > wrote:
>You sure that's what it says? Hydroxybenzene is another name for phenol,
>the first-identified antiseptic. It's a preservative, all right, but
>that's approaching a lethal dose. Not that this helps unless one has
>encountered it elsewhere, but phenol is quite volatile and has a
>characteristic odor.

Is it being used as a preservative, or does it naturally occur in the
plant?

Carbolic acid/phenol/hydroxybenzene would definitely make it taste
distinctively unpleasant, and it is something that does occur naturally
in some plants.
--scott


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