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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
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit 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 1.0 -0.43 *
BETA-SELININE 0 Fruit 1.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 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 650.0 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 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 1.0 -0.35 *
CARVONE 19 Fruit 1.0 -0.50 *
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 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 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit 1.0 50.0 *
CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Fruit 1.0 50.0 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 *
CIS-BETA-FARNESENE 0 Fruit 1.0 40.0 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 100.0 *
D-FENCHONE 0 Fruit *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit *
D-PINENE 0 Fruit *
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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
Nephrotoxic 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotropic 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pediculicide 2 Merck 11th Edition
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 21 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 31 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Poison 1 *