Description
COMMON NAME
Standardized: Anise
BOTANICAL NAME
Pimpinella anisum I.
Plant Family: Apiaceae
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OVERVIEW
Anise is a member of the family of plants that includes carrots, caraway, cumin, dill, fennel, and cilantro. It has a strong licorice-like flavor and scent, and the essential oil is used to flavor licorice candy. Foods with licorice flavoring often contain anise and not any licorice at all.
a flowering annual that is a native of the eastern Mediterranean—Egypt, Greece, Crete, and Asia Minor. It has been known since the time of the ancient Egyptians and would have been known to the peoples of the Bible, and it was used by both Greeks and Romans to flavor breads and cakes to aid digestion.The Romans also believed that aniseed would prevent bad breath and remove wrinkles and that an anise plant hung over the bed would take away bad dreams.
PARTS USED
seed
SUMMARY
The process of heating anise in baked goods releases compounds that act as very mild stimulants. The anethole released in grinding and baking slows the decay of the baked goods that otherwise might result from fungi or molds. Anise is also used to flavor many herbal remedies.
*Precautions
Specific: No known precautions.
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