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Contents 1 explosive sensitive? 2 Etymology 3 Toxicity? 4 non-contraceptive birth control effect?

[edit] explosive sensitive?

I cannot make heads or tails of this: "in pure form, it is an explosive sensitive to shock." Jessicapierce 18:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

The article previously claimed that Nahuatl epazotl was derived from epatli "skunk" zotli "herb". Firstly, epatli should be epatl, and secondly, zotli is not in any Nahuatl dictionary I can find. The American Heritage Dictionary claims that it's from epatl "skunk" + tzotl "filth", which would be plausible, except that epazotl most definitely had /s/ (z/ç) and not /ts/ (tz).

For now I think it's best to regard epazotl as indivisible. --Ptcamn 10:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Toxicity?

Ascaridole is toxic and has a pungent, not very pleasant flavor

There is no mention of toxicity on the entry for ascaridole, and there is no citation. Can this be verified? --Lockemystagic 06:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] non-contraceptive birth control effect?

It say "It is also cited as an antispasmodic and abortifacient - the first birth control pills were derived from research on epazote." I'm a little unclear. I thought the first contraceptive was derived from work on barbasco, a mexican yam. Is the quoted statement incorrect or is it implying that the first birth control pills were simply abortifacients and not, as I understood it, contraceptives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Water pepper (talk • contribs) 19:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)