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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Illicium verum (Illiciaceae)

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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit 1.0 -0.47 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DL-LIMONENE 0 Fruit *
EO 0 Fruit 50000.0 100000.0 1.12 *
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 -0.14 *
EO 0 Seed 25000.0 -0.23 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ESTRAGOLE 12 Fruit Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
FENCHONE 6 Fruit 1.0 -1.00 *
FENICULIN 0 Fruit 275.0 2550.0 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Fruit 300.0 1.00 *
FOENICULIN 0 Fruit 275.0 2550.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 1.0 75.0 -0.64 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 1 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
L-LIMONENE 2 Fruit *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 100.0 5220.0 0.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 17 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Lactagogue 1 *
Larvicide 2 *
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 *
Leucocytogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Lipolytic 1 *
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 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
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 *
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.