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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
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |