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Common Names
Anise; Sweet Cumin
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| 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 |