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
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Fruit	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Seed	not available	200.0	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.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	8.0	9.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	8.0	9.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	66000.0	77000.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	60000.0	100000.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Tissue Culture	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	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.
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	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.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antipseudomonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	4	Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	13	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic	6	Duke, 1992 *