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Sunday 7 December 2014

Medicinal Fruit 1. Anise fruit


Bot.origin: the dried ripe of Pimpinella anisum
F: Umbelliferae
Active constituent: Volatile oil
  
Key element (microscopically examination):
1.     Covering trichomes :unicellular, conical, curved with thick & warted walls                                 
2.     Brown fragment of vittae (branched) 


                         
 Uses:
1.     Flavoring agent
2.     Carminative
3.     Mild sedative
Report in the lab.
Branched vittae
Covering trichomes












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