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Common Names
Star Anise; Chinese Star Anise; Chinesischer Sternanis (Ger.); Sternanis (Ger.); anis de China (Sp.); anis estrellado (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Fruit | 1.0 | 20.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | 80.0 | -0.06 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Fruit | 1.0 | 100.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Fruit | 5.0 | 435.0 | 2.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 160.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 160.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ANETHOLE | 8 | Fruit | 39000.0 | 90000.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| TRANS-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 60.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Decongestant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deliriant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Depigmentor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Diuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Binder | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-87. |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |