【Product Name】: Fennel Extract

【Botanical Name】: Foeniculum vulgare Mill

【Part used】: Seed

【Appearance】:Brownish Yellow powder

【Specification】: 4：1  10：1 / Flavonoids 5-10%

【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

Fennel is a perennial herb. It is erect, glaucous green, and grows to heights of up to 2.5 m, with hollow stems. The leaves grow up to 40 cm long; they are finely dissected, with the ultimate segments filiform (threadlike), about 0.5 mm wide. Its leaves are similar to those of dill but thinner.

The flowers are produced in terminal compound umbels 5–15 cm wide, each umbel section having 20–50 tiny yellow flowers on short pedicels.

The fruit is a dry schizocarp from 4–10 mm long, half as wide or less, and grooved. Since the seed in the fruit is attached to the pericarp, the whole fruit is often mistakenly called "seed".

It is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb used in cookery and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence Fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb-like stem base that is used as a vegetable.

Chemical Composition

It contains volatile oil, sterols, triterpenoids, coumarins and amino acids. It also contains trans anethole, limonene, α-ansol, camphor, anisaldehyde, anisone, palmitic acid, citrolactone, umbelliferone, etc.