【Product Name】: Aniseed Extract

【Botanical Name】: Pimpinella anisum or Illicium verum Hook.f.

【Part used】: Fruit/Seed

【Appearance】:Brownish Yellow or White powder

【Specification】: 4：1  10：1 / Raspberry Ketone 98% / Shikimic acid 98%

【Storage Period】: 24 Months

【Package】: 1kg/bag 25kg/drum

【Test Method】: HPLC

【Storage Conditions】: Store in cool and dry places. Keep away from strong light and heat.

Description

Aniseed is an annual flowering plant, reaches up to 0.75 m tall. The plant has various types of leaves from feathery to heart-shaped, round, serrated, and petiolated. The leaves are broader at the base, become narrower, and thinner at the tip. The leaves near the base are long-stalked and simple, whereas the leaves along the stem are compound with shorter stalks. The creamy white flowers, 3 mm in diameter, are clustered together along a long stalk. Its small yellowish-white flowers form loose umbels.

The fruit of the plant is covered with short hairs and dull brown in color. The fruit is a schizocarp (a dry fruit formed of multiple carpels that separate) and is nearly ovoid in shape. It is about 3.5 mm long and has five longitudinal dorsal ridges.

Chemical CompositionThe main components are trans-anisole, p-allylphenyl isopentene, etc. In addition, it contains quercetin-3-o-rhamnoside, quercetin, hydroxycinnamic acid, trans anethole, and cladistin.