Oil of Japanese Anise

The oil distilled from the leaves and poisonous fruit of Illimum religiosum, Sieb., the Japanese star anise, was found by Eykman Rec. Trav. Chim. 4, 32-54 via /. Chem. Soc. 1886, A. i, 95) to contain a terpene termed shikimene, eugenol and shikimol, now known as safrole. 

Tardy Bull. Soc. Chim. 1902, (3) 27, 987) has examined an oil extracted from the fruit with petroleum ether and distilled in vacuo this contained a small amount of eugenol, cineole and safrole, with some 

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