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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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ANETHOLE

Chemical ID
ANETHOLE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=2,090 (orl rat) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
LD50=900 (ipr rat)
LD50=3,000 (orl mus)

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Allergenic *
Antibacterial MBC=200 ug/ml *
Antigenotoxic 40-400 mg/kg orl mus *
Antihepatotic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory *
AntiNF-kB *
Antioxidant *
Antiradicular *
Antisalmonella MIC=200 ug/ml *
Antiseptic 200 ug/ml *
Antispasmodic *
AntiTNF *
Antitumor *
Antiyeast *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide *
Carminative Merck 11th Edition
Dermatitigenic *
Digestive Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Estrogenic Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Origanum majorana Essential Oil *
Persea americana Bark ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Persea americana Leaf 250.0 1555.0 2.2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Pimpinella anisum Seed *
Pimpinella anisum Shoot *
Pimpinella anisum Seed Essent. Oil 800000.0 900000.0 1.0 *
Pimpinella anisum Root *
Pimpinella anisum Tissue Culture *
Pimpinella anisum Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pimpinella anisum Essential Oil *
Pinus sylvestris Leaf Essent. Oil *
Rheum palmatum Rhizome 1.5 *
Sassafras albidum Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Sideritis scardica Shoot 80.0 Menkovic, N., et al. 1991. The Essential Oil of Sideritis scardica. Pl. Med. 57. Suppl. 2. pp. A137-A132.
Stevia rebaudiana Flower Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp.
Stevia rebaudiana Leaf Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp.
Tagetes filifolia Essential Oil 620000.0 0.6 Abburraa, R. E., et al. 1990. Study of the Essential Oil of Tagetes filifolia (Asteraceae) as Potential Producer of Estragole and Anethole. An Asoc Quim Argent 78 3: 153-156. Fac Cience Exactas Fis Nat Univ Nac Cordoba Cordoba, Argentina.
Tagetes lucida Leaf Tramil
Teucrium cyprium Leaf 90.0 -0.3 Arnold, N., Bellomaria, B., Velentini G. and Rafaiani, S.M. 1991. Comparative Study on Essential Oil of Some Teucrium Species from Cyprus. J. Ethnopharm. 35: 105-113.
Teucrium divaricatum Leaf 0.0 -0.5 Arnold, N., Bellomaria, B., Velentini G. and Rafaiani, S.M. 1991. Comparative Study on Essential Oil of Some Teucrium Species from Cyprus. J. Ethnopharm. 35: 105-113.