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 |
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DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Fruit | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 10000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
FENICULIN | 0 | Fruit | 275.0 | 2550.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 | Duke, 1992 * |
HYDROQUINONE | 32 | 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. |
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GALACTOSIDE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
L-LIMONENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 100.0 | 5220.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antiinflammatory | 13 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileukemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilithic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilithic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antilymphomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimalarial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimelanomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimelasmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimetastatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antimutagenic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
Antinephritic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |