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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	509000.0	552000.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	453000.0	552000.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
CARVENE	0	Fruit	not available	4240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVENE	0	Seed	not available	4240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAZULENE	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Seed	not available	1000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	3950.0	2.14	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Fruit	not available	200.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Seed	not available	200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Fruit	not available	25.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Seed	not available	25.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	9.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMARINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.

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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
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	5	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	28	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *