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Pimpinella anisum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 18 constituent measurements for Pimpinella anisum. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Pimpinella anisum L.

18Constituent measurements

0Safety records

6Cited sources

167Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 167 licensed products naming Pimpinella anisum as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh

Source material stated

Fruit
Fruit(s)
Grain(s)
Graine
New material
Pimpinella anisum - Fruit
Pimpinella anisum - Seed
Root

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Auraptene	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 2.03 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Auraptene	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.95 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Cis-isoeugenol	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	1.99 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Coumarin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 3.34 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Coumarin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 1.08 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Estragole	Unspecified	Essential oil	1 Percent	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Estragole	Seed	Essential oil	2.2 Percent	GC-MS (Q)	Resolve DOI
Umbelliferone	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.63 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Umbelliferone	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.76 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Umbelliprenin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 10.22 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Umbelliprenin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.7 Milligram/gram	HPLC-UV	Resolve DOI
Daidzin	Seed	Solvent extraction	0.3 Milligram/kilogram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Formononetin	Seed	Solvent extraction	0.3 Milligram/kilogram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Glycitein	Seed	Solvent extraction	1 Milligram/kilogram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Glycitin	Seed	Solvent extraction	1 Milligram/kilogram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Heliotrine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	5.4 Microgram/100 gram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Solamargine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	2.5 Microgram/100 gram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Solasonine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	11.8 Microgram/100 gram	HPLC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Abdulmanea, Khaled., Prokudina, Elena A., Lankova, Petra., Vanickova, Lucie., Koblovska, Radka., Zeleny, Vaclav., Lapcik, Oldrich. Immunochemical and HPLC identification of isoflavonoids in the Apiaceae family.. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2012, vol. 45, p. 237-243.
Taddeo, Vito Alessandro., Genovese, Salvatore., de Medina, Philippe., Palmisano, Roberta., Epifano, Francesco., Fiorito, Serena. Quantification of biologically active O-prenylated and unprenylated phenylpropanoids in dill (Anethum graveolens), anise (Pimpinella anisum), and wild celery (Angelica archangelica) . Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 2017, vol. 134, p. 319-324. DOI
Samojlik, Isidora., Mijatovic, Vesna., Petkovic, Stojan., Skrbic, Biljana., Bozin, Biljana. The influence of essential oil of aniseed (Pimpinella anisum, L.) on drug effects on the central nervous system . Fitoterapia, 2012, vol. 83, no. 8, p. 1466-1473. DOI
Nardin, Tiziana., Piasentier, Edi., Barnaba, Chiara., Larcher, Roberto. Alkaloid profiling of herbal drugs using high resolution mass spectrometry. Drug testing and analysis, 2017, p. Ahead of Print.
De Vincenzi, M., Silano, M., Maialetti, F., Scazzocchio, B. Constituents of aromatic plants: II. Estragole. FITOTERAPIA, 2000, vol. 71, no. 6, p. 725-729. DOI
Dhima, Kico., Vasilakoglou, Ioannis., Garane, Vassiliki., Ritzoulis, Christos., Lianopoulou, Vaia., Panou-Philotheou, Eleni. Competitiveness and Essential Oil Phytotoxicity of Seven Annual Aromatic Plants . Weed science, 2010, vol. 58, no. 4, p. 457-465. DOI

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