Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.

Medicinal plants have active elements that can be used for cures or making drug precursors. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the world's population depends on these plants as traditional treatments to meet their health care needs. Illicium verum Hook. F. (star anise) is an ext...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shagufta Khan, Asra Khan Pahore, Nasim Karim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences 2024-03-01
Series:JLUMHS
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850211949295435776
author Shagufta Khan
Asra Khan Pahore
Nasim Karim
author_facet Shagufta Khan
Asra Khan Pahore
Nasim Karim
author_sort Shagufta Khan
collection DOAJ
description Medicinal plants have active elements that can be used for cures or making drug precursors. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the world's population depends on these plants as traditional treatments to meet their health care needs. Illicium verum Hook. F. (star anise) is an extensively used spice in traditional Chinese cuisine as a flavoring agent or a historical medicine for vomiting, stomachache, flatulence, and rheumatism and is included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Some active components of star anise are essential oil, anethole, trans-anethole, sesquiterpenoids, shikimic acid, lignans, etc., which possess anxiolytic, neuro-protective, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, anti-flu, antidiarrheal, antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-thrombotic, and anti-tumour effects that are discussed in this review article.
format Article
id doaj-art-323bb4f109ff482192022beadaa07a54
institution OA Journals
issn 1729-0341
2309-8627
language English
publishDate 2024-03-01
publisher Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
record_format Article
series JLUMHS
spelling doaj-art-323bb4f109ff482192022beadaa07a542025-08-20T02:09:27ZengLiaquat University of Medical and Health SciencesJLUMHS1729-03412309-86272024-03-01231010910.22442/jlumhs.2023.00962Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F. Shagufta Khan0 Asra Khan Pahore1Nasim Karim2Department of Pharmacology, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi, Sindh-Pakistan.Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh-Pakistan.Department of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Sailors Street, Adjacent PNS Shifa, DHA Phase II, Karachi, Sindh-Pakistan.Medicinal plants have active elements that can be used for cures or making drug precursors. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the world's population depends on these plants as traditional treatments to meet their health care needs. Illicium verum Hook. F. (star anise) is an extensively used spice in traditional Chinese cuisine as a flavoring agent or a historical medicine for vomiting, stomachache, flatulence, and rheumatism and is included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Some active components of star anise are essential oil, anethole, trans-anethole, sesquiterpenoids, shikimic acid, lignans, etc., which possess anxiolytic, neuro-protective, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, anti-flu, antidiarrheal, antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-thrombotic, and anti-tumour effects that are discussed in this review article. medicinalflavoring agentsflatulencevomitingpharmacopoeia
spellingShingle Shagufta Khan
Asra Khan Pahore
Nasim Karim
Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
JLUMHS
medicinal
flavoring agents
flatulence
vomiting
pharmacopoeia
title Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
title_full Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
title_fullStr Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
title_full_unstemmed Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
title_short Medicinal Properties of Illicium Verum Hook. F.
title_sort medicinal properties of illicium verum hook f
topic medicinal
flavoring agents
flatulence
vomiting
pharmacopoeia
work_keys_str_mv AT shaguftakhan medicinalpropertiesofilliciumverumhookf
AT asrakhanpahore medicinalpropertiesofilliciumverumhookf
AT nasimkarim medicinalpropertiesofilliciumverumhookf