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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUGENOL | 76 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 176000.0 | 304000.0 | 1.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 80000.0 | 304000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 161000.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 120000.0 | 250000.0 | 0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Fruit | not available | 30000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Seed | not available | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Seed | 200.0 | 1200.0 | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| GLUCINOL | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROQUINONE | 32 | Plant | 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. |
| HYDROQUINONE-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | 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. |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 391.0 | 409.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 348.0 | 409.0 | 1.20 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOCARYOPHYLLENE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHAVIBETOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHAVIBETOL | 0 | Seed | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antivitiligic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphidifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Barbituate-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |