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
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	825000.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Plant	14000.0	54000.0	2.44	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Seed	14000.0	126000.0	1.12	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	752000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	875000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Tissue Culture	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K-1	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K-1	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K-1	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	95000.0	110000.0	-0.45	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	59.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	59.0	0.39	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
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	14	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	16	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th