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
ACETALDEHYDE	6	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.
ACETOANISOLE	0	Fruit	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOANISOLE	0	Seed	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Seed	not available	64.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HIMACHALENE	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.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	1.0	306.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	1.0	306.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOL-GLYCOL	0	Plant	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
Antiarrhythmic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	29	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.