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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUGENOL | 76 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 176000.0 | 304000.0 | 1.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 80000.0 | 304000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 161000.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 120000.0 | 250000.0 | 0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Fruit | not available | 30000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Seed | not available | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Seed | 200.0 | 1200.0 | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| GLUCINOL | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROQUINONE | 32 | 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. |
| HYDROQUINONE-METHYL-ETHER | 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. |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 391.0 | 409.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 348.0 | 409.0 | 1.20 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOCARYOPHYLLENE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHAVIBETOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHAVIBETOL | 0 | Seed | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiHIV | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiileus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiischemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antijet-lag | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antikeratotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |