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Plant 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
ANETHOLE 36 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ANETHOLE 36 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Seed Essent. Oil 800000.0 900000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Fruit not available 300.0 -1.35 Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Seed 140.0 1960.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available 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.
ANISKETONE 0 Fruit not available 731.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISKETONE 0 Seed not available 731.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISYL KETONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit 100.0 1750.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ANISYL-ALCOHOL 2 Seed 100.0 1750.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 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.
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit 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
Anticomplementary 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 4 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.