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
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	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-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.
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	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.
BORON	4	Fruit	not available	20.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.20	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	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.
CADALENE	0	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.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	not available	2060.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	7138.0	7843.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	6460.0	7843.0	0.68	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPHENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	not available	119.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Seed	not available	119.0	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.