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2. Illicium verum - Wikipedia

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   Illicium verum (star anise or badian, Chinese star anise, star anise seed, star aniseed and star of anise) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to South China and northeast Vietnam. Its star-shaped pericarps harvested just before ripening are a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor.

3. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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   Sage oil, The spice star anise is distilled to make star anise oil. Sandalwood oil, used primarily as a fragrance, for its pleasant, woody fragrance. [24] Sassafras oil, from sassafras root bark. Used in aromatherapy, soap-making, perfumes, and the like. Formerly used as a spice, and as the primary flavoring of root beer, inter alia.

4. Anise - Wikipedia

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   Anise (/ ˈ æ n ɪ s /; [3] Pimpinella anisum), also called aniseed or rarely anix, [4] is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae [2] native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia. [5] The flavor and aroma of its seeds have similarities with some other spices and herbs, such as star anise, [4] fennel, liquorice, and tarragon.

5. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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   Star anise: It is the major source of the chemical compound shikimic acid, a primary precursor in the pharmaceutical synthesis of anti-influenza drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu). [93] Inula helenium: Elecampane: It is used in herbal medicine as an expectorant and for water retention. [94]

6. Safrole - Wikipedia

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   In 1885, the Dutch chemist Johann Frederik Eijkman (1851–1915) investigated shikimol, the essential oil that is obtained from Japanese star anise, and he found that, upon oxidation, shikimol formed piperonylic acid, [10]: 39–40 whose basic structure had been determined in 1871 by the German chemist Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835–1910) and ...

7. Anethole - Wikipedia

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   Anethole (also known as anise camphor) [2] is an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. It is a derivative of the aromatic compound allylbenzene and occurs widely in the essential oils of plants.