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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Fungistat 3 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 1 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Hemolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 4 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 *
Hepatoregenerative 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotoxic 4 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 10 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.