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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pimpinella anisum (Apiaceae)

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
CRESOL 5 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CYNAROSIDE 3 Seed 1280.0 1.00 *
D-CARVONE 7 Plant 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.
DELTA-ELEMENE 0 Seed Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
DIANETHOLE 1 Fruit *
DIANETHOLE 1 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.
DIANISOIN 0 Seed Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DIHYDROCARVONE-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE 1 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 10000.0 60000.0 3.82 *
EO 0 Seed 6100.0 140000.0 1.22 *
EO 0 Tissue Culture *
EPOXY-PSEUDOISOEUGENOL-(2-METHLY-BUTYRATE) 0 Plant *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Essential Oil 815000.0 0.55 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Fruit *
ESTRAGOLE 12 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.
ESTRAGOLE 12 Seed Essent. Oil 40000.0 -1.22 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil *
EUGENOL 76 Plant *
EUGENOL 76 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 5 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 10 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 4 *
Antiatherosclerotic 8 *
Antibacterial 29 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH 1 *
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 *
Anticancer 8 *
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 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.