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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 3 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198. |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |