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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-XYLOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | not available | 1878.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | not available | 1878.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 23.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 23.0 | -0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Fruit | not available | 1050.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Seed | 100.0 | 1200.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICANOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-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. |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 44800.0 | 217000.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ANISALDEHYDE | 11 | Seed | 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. |
| P-ANISIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 737.0 | 1.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CREOSOL | 0 | 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. |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |