Anise Oil

	Botonical Name	:	Illiciumverum
	CAS #	:	8007-70-3
	Country of Origin	:	India
	Color & Odor	:	Colorless to pale yellow liquid @22C with Licorice odor
	Solubility	:	Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
	F.E.M.A. #	:	2096
	Specific Gravity	:	0.973 - 0.991 @ 25°C
	Optical Rotation	:	-2° ~ +2°
	Refractive Index	:	1.548 - 1.564
	Flash Point	:	83.33°C
	Major Constituents	:	Anethole
	Plant Part Used	:	Seeds
	Extraction Method	:	Steam Distillation

Anise Oil offered is a dainty, white-flowered urnbelliferous annual that is about 18 inches high and has secondary feather-like leaflets of bright green color. The oil is distilled from the fruit part where that yields on distillation is from 2.5 to 3.5 percent of fragrant, syrupy and volatile oil in which anethol, the principal aromatic constituent is present to about 90 per cent.

Anethol (present to about 90 per cent), fixed oil, sugar, choline and mucilage, Anethole.

Anise Star has a powerful and licorice-like scent, giving a strong top note.

Rose, orange, lavender, spicy essentials, Sassafras and Carbolic oil.

Karanja Seed Oil, Karanj Oil.

Anise oil is used in treatment of bronchitis, coughs, colds, flatulence, muscle aches, flu and rheumatism. Anise essential oil is also a good antiseptic and used, mixed with oil of Peppermint or Gaultheria (Wintergreen) to flavour aromatic liquids. Further, oil of Anise is also used also against insects especially when mixed with Sassafras and Carbolic oil.