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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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