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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.30 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELININE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 930.0 | 0.43 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 650.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 130.0 | 0.44 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 85.0 | 3600.0 | -0.29 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CATECHINS | 1 | 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. |
| CHAVICOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Fruit | 1.0 | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 50.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Fruit | 1.0 | 140.0 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 40.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FENCHONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-PINENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Fruit | 25.0 | 465.0 | 0.16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Lactagogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leucocytogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 3 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mutagenic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Mycoplasmistat | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Nematicide | 9 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |