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
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Fruit	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Seed	not available	200.0	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	8.0	9.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	8.0	9.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	66000.0	77000.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	60000.0	100000.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	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.
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Tissue Culture	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	5	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	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.
Chronotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	9	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *