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anethol

An ingredient in a mixture of essential oils used in the treatment of kidney stones. A brand name is Rowatinex.
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sinensis also revealed thirty compounds present in all the analysed samples, namely: benzaldehyde, 6-methyl-6-hepten-2-one, (E,E)-2,4-octadien-1-al, limonene, benzyl alcohol, phenylethanal, canphenylone, (E)-2-octenol, 3-nonin-2-ol, linalool oxide, (3E,5E)-3,5-octadien-2-one, 2-phenylethanol, isopulegol, epoxy linalool, [alpha]-terpineol, [beta]-ciclocitral, [gamma]-butylbutyrolactone, (E)-2-decenol, citral, anethole, indole, eugenol, [gamma]-nonalactone, 3-hydroxy-2,4,4-trimethylpentyl 2-methylpropanoate, damascenone, [beta]-caryophyllene, [alpha]-ionone, dihydroactinidiolide, 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone and caffeine (Table 2).
Anethole: Properties, Application, and Methods of Determination.
Anethole, a chemical component has structural resemblance with dopamine thus, exhibit dopamine like effects such as intestinal relaxation and infentile colic (Gurinder and Daljit, 2010).
Anethole has in vivo anti-inflammatory effects on animal models of nonimmune acute inflammation, including croton oil-induced ear edema and carrageenan-induced pleurisy [13].
Anti-inflammatory effects of anethole in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in mice.
"I really enjoy a Sazerac with Dan Dan Noodles, which both contain a large amount of anethole, the main volatile compound in anise," he says.
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