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
SCOPARONE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	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.
SCOPOLETIN	44	Tissue Culture	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	not available	177.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	160.0	177.0	-0.43	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SQUALENE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	50000.0	-1.05	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-PALMITATE	0	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.
STIGMASTEROL-STEARATE	0	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.
SUGAR	0	Seed	30000.0	50000.0	-0.34	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINEOL	18	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Essential Oil	not available	98000.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiklebsiellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antileucodermic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukodermic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	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.
AntiLyme	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *