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Plant Pimpinella anisum (Apiaceae)

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
ISOORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3370.0 4150.0 -0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 25.0 459.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed 25.0 459.0 -0.73 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available 50.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed not available 50.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 13700.0 52000.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Seed not available 1250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-0-XYLOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE 0 Seed not available 1580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOXIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *