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Anethole was obtained from dried and ripened fruits of Illicium verum Hook. f. or Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Illicium verum possesses a variety of pharmacological effects, such as increasing the white blood cellular activity, bacteriostatic effect, antiviral effects, and so on. With the deepening research, anethole will make a greater contribution to human health.
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Zhang, BX., Du, LD., Lu, Y. (2018). Anethole. In: Natural Small Molecule Drugs from Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8022-7_79
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