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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
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE 0 Plant *
RUTIN 87 Fruit *
SABINENE 5 Fruit 1.0 20.0 -0.53 *
SAFROLE 29 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SAFROLE 29 Plant *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 80.0 -0.06 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
TANNIN 35 Fruit *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit 1.0 100.0 -0.34 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit 5.0 435.0 2.18 *
TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Fruit 1.0 160.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Plant 1.0 160.0 1.00 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Fruit 39000.0 90000.0 1.20 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Fruit 1.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRANS-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 0 Fruit 0.0 60.0 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
Apoptotic 5 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 12 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Carminative 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chelator 1 *