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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	509000.0	552000.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	453000.0	552000.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
CARVENE	0	Fruit	not available	4240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVENE	0	Seed	not available	4240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAZULENE	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Seed	not available	1000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	3950.0	2.14	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Fruit	not available	200.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Seed	not available	200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Fruit	not available	25.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Seed	not available	25.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	9.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMARINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.

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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
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antialzheimeran	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	4	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *