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System | Effect | Preparation | Reference |
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Organism | Antibacterial | Aqueous and 50% (v/v) methanol extract | [18] |
Ethanol extract | [8, 19] |
Essential oil and methanol extract (in combination with Thymus ) | [20] |
Aqueous decoction | [21] |
Antifungal | Essential oil | [3, 22] |
Fluid extract | [23] |
Methanol extract | [24] |
Insecticidal | Essential oil | [25–29] |
-Anisaldehyde from aniseed oil | [29] |
Antiviral | Essential oil | [30] |
Lignin-carbohydrate-protein complexes from hot water extract | [31] |
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Muscle | Muscle relaxant of tracheal chain | Aqueous extract | [32] |
Ethanolic extract |
[32] |
Essential oil | |
Antispasmodic and relaxant of anococcygeus smooth muscle | Hydroalcoholic extract (60% ethanol) | [33] |
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| | Essential oil | [34] |
| Anticonvulsant | Methanol extract of seeds | [35] |
| | Aqueous extract of leaves and stem | [36] |
nervous system | | extract | [37] |
Analgesic | Essential oil | [38] |
| Fixed oil | [39] |
| Conditioned place aversion in morphine dependence | Essential oil | [40] |
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| Antiulcer | Aqueous suspension | [41] |
| Palliation of nausea | Essential oils of aniseeds, foeniculum vulgar, Anthemis nobilis, and Mentha piperita | [42] |
Gastrointestinal | Laxative | Phytotherapic compound of anise and foeniculum vulgar, Sambucus nigra, Cassia angustifolia | [43] |
| Increase glucose absorption from the jejunum | Essential oil | [44] |
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Renal | reduce volume of urine by increase activity of the renal Na+-K+-ATPase | Essential oil | [44] |
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Endocrine | Antidiabetic | Seed powder | [45, 46] |
Hypolipidemic | | |
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Immune system | Antioxidant | Ethanol extract | [8, 45, 47] |
Water extract | [8, 47] |
Essential oil | [48] |
Oleoresin | [48] |
Ethyl acetate fraction ofethanol extract | [49] |
Anise tea | [50] |
Increase of -carotene, vitamins A, C | Seed powder | [46] |
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| Reduction of menopausal hot flashes | Capsules of anise extract | [51] |
Others | Growth promoter of day-old broilers | Essential oil | [52] |
| Reduction of pain in dysmenorrhea | Herbal capsule (extracts of anise, celery, saffron) | [53] |
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