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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pimpinella anisum (Apiaceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Leaf *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Root *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
1-(1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-2-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE-MET.-CHAV 0 Plant *
1-(1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-2-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE-METHYL-CHAV 0 Plant *
1-METHYL-4-(1-PROPENYL)-BENZENE 0 Plant *
1-METHYL-4-ISOBUTYLBENZENE 0 Plant *
1-PROPENYL-2-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-BENZENE-2-(2-METHYL-BUTYRATE) 0 Fruit *
1-PROPENYL-2-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-BENZENE-2-(2-METHYL-BUTYRATE) 0 Seed Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
2,6,10,14-TETRAMETHYL-PENTADECANE 0 Plant *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed 9000.0 1.41 *
4-4'-DIMETHOXY-STILBENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
4-METHOXY-2-(PROP-TRANS-1-ENYL)-PHENYL-(DL)-2-METHYL-BUTANOATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 15000.0 *
4-METHOXY-2-(TRANS-1-PROPENYL)-PHENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Plant *
4-METHOXY-2-(TRANS-1-PROPENYL)-PHENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Seed *
411/ 0 Plant *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed 0.2 0.09 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivitiligic 3 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 6 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 10 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 *
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Bacteristat 1 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *