27-04-2016, 20:14
Lotus, the links you used to show coumarin being more toxic than it is were about its derivatives, not coumarin itself. Properly handled, plants containing coumarin are generally quite safe. It's when they're allowed to decompose in the presence of certain bacteria and fungi that the various dangerous derivatives occur. None of those are present in a healthy human gut, so we aren't going to accidentally convert it internally either as long as our gut is healthy. I COULD perhaps see some danger if someone had a particularly unhealthy gut and just happened to be infected by one of the critters that convert coumarin into a dangerous derivative, but that risk should be much much lower than you're painting.
The concentration of coumarin, not it's derivatives, which aren't anti-androgenic anyways, that's effective at blocking testosterone production is significantly below the toxic dose. There's no real risk in reaching toxicity if you're using an appropriate scale to measure your anti-androgenic dose. You do need a scale sensitive down to the mg though, and a fairly controlled environment to use said scale in so that simple gusts don't throw it off, yes, they're THAT sensitive that merely passing a hand by it quickly enough to cause a wind shear will throw it off for a few seconds. I have one.
The concentration of coumarin, not it's derivatives, which aren't anti-androgenic anyways, that's effective at blocking testosterone production is significantly below the toxic dose. There's no real risk in reaching toxicity if you're using an appropriate scale to measure your anti-androgenic dose. You do need a scale sensitive down to the mg though, and a fairly controlled environment to use said scale in so that simple gusts don't throw it off, yes, they're THAT sensitive that merely passing a hand by it quickly enough to cause a wind shear will throw it off for a few seconds. I have one.