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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
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Fruit not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Seed not available 200.0 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.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 8.0 9.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 8.0 9.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 66000.0 77000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 60000.0 100000.0 1.57 Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 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.
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Tissue Culture not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 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-BISABOLENE 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 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-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil 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.