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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,4-CINEOLE | 0 | 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. |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Fruit | 1.0 | 3500.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1050.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Fruit | 25.0 | 1100.0 | 0.81 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 200.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Fruit | 1.0 | 900.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | not available | 435.0 | -0.36 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit | 50.0 | 1310.0 | -0.38 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ALPHA-SANTALENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 70.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Fruit | 85.0 | 200.0 | -0.24 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ANISATIN | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Fruit | 1.0 | 75.0 | -0.87 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| BETA-COPAENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Fruit | 1.0 | 650.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Fruit | 220.0 | 835.0 | -0.33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FEMA | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FLavor | 24 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoregenerative | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |