Plant Pimpinella anisum (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Anise; Sweet Cumin

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
P-METHOXYPHENYLACETONE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYPHENYLACETONE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	2560.0	9730.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed	18800.0	489000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Fruit	not available	408.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Seed	not available	408.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	not available	4862.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	4400.0	4862.0	-0.13	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOTOANETHOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOTOANETHOLE	0	Seed	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.
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 9	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 9	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 9	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	not available	15923.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	14410.0	15923.0	0.29	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PREGEIJERENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	164000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	6	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiADD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	16	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *