Of Pimpinella anisum

Anise oil. Aniseed oil is obtained by steam distillation of the fruits of Pimpinella anisum L. (Apiaceae). It is a colorless to pale yellow liquid or crystalline mass with a powerful, sweet odor, characteristic of anethole. 

Gilligan, N.P. (2005) The palliation of nausea in hospice and palliative care patients with essential oils of Pimpinella anisum (aniseed), Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (sweet fennel), Anthemis nobilis (Roman chamomile) and Mentha x piperita (peppermint). International journal of Aromatherapy 15(4), 1 63-167. 

Reichling, J., Becker, H., Martin, R. and Burkhardt, G. (1985) Comparative studies on the production and accumulation of essential oil in the whole plant and in the cell culture of Pimpinella anisum F. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung B 40(7/8), 465-468. 

In our continuing search for antimicrobial agents from tropical plants, several phenylpropanoids, for example, anethole (15) from the seeds of Pimpinella anisum (Umbelliferae) (41), and eugenol (16), methyleugenol (17) and safrole (18) in addition to anethole from the seeds of Licaria puchuri-major (Lauraceae)... 

Anise oil is obtained from the fruit of Pimpinella anisum, L., which is cultivated chiefly in Russia, but also in Spain, Holland, Bulgaria, France, Turkey, Cyprus and many other places. 

ANISE, Anisi fructus-inA aetheroleum Amsc is the schizocarp of Pimpinella anisum L., family Apiaceae, with its origin in Egypt and Greece and cultivated in Europe and South America. The drug contains 2% essential oil with the main ingredient anethole (80-90%). The oil is also used as an expectorant (section R05C). 

Anise. Anise seed- Dried ripe fruit of Pimpinella anisum L Umbelliferae. Habit. Western Asia, Egypt cultivated in Southern Europe, India and U.S. Consul. 1-5 -3.5% volatile oil. starch, protein, fixed oil. 

Definition Extract of dried ripe fruit and seeds of Pimpinella anisum... 

Definition Volatile oil derived from the dried ripe fruit and seeds of Pimpinella anisum, contg. 80-90% anethole, methylchavicol, anisaldehyde Properties Colorless or pale yel. liq. crushed fruit odor, sweet aromatic taste freely sol. in chloroform, ether sol. in DMSO, 95% ethanol, acetone sol. in 3 vols. alcohol sol. < 1 mg/ml in water dens. 0.978-0.988 (25/25 C) m.p. 17 C solid, pt. 15 C min. b.p. 232 C flash pt. 92.8 C ref. index 1.553-1.560... 

C10H20O8 268.263 Constit. of the fruit of Pimpinella anisum (anise). Amorph. powder. [a]n -29 (c, 0.1 in MeOH). 

Pourgholami, M. H., Majzoob, S., Javadi, M. et al. 1999b. The fruit essential oil of Pimpinella anisum exerts anticonvulsant effects in mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacoloev. 66(2) 211 215. 

Pavela, R. 2014. Insecticidal properties of Pimpinella anisum essential oils against the Culex quinquefasciatus and the non-target organism Daphnia magna. 17(3) 287-293. 

Definition Essential oil obtained by steam distillation of the dry ripe fruits of Pimpinella anisum L. Content trans-anethole 87%-94%. 

The outcomes of in vitro studies investigating the potential of Pimpinella anisum essential oil as a feed additive to improve nutrient use in ruminants are inconclusive, and more and larger preferably in vivo studies are necessary for evaluation of efficacy (Franz et al 2005). 

For example, fatty acids containing hydroxy groups, e.g. ricinoleic acid (fZJ-9, 12-OH 18 1) in seeds of Ricinus communis [38], or certain positional and geometrical isomers of unsaturated fatty acids, e.g. petroselinic acid (fZ)-6 18 1) in seed lipids of Pimpinella anisum [17,19], Petroselinum crispum [29] andD. carota [39], and eleostearic acid (Z)-9, (E, E)-, 13 18 3) in the seed lipids of M. charantia [36], are not detected in the lipids of cell cultures of these plants. Vaccenicacid (fZ)-ll 18 1), however, is a constituent fatty acid of triacylglycerols and other lipids of P. crispum callus as well as various tissues of the intact plant, except seeds (Table 2) [29]. 

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