Anise Star Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil Illicium verum Botonical Name : Illicium verum CAS # : 8007-70-3 Country of Origin : China 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 : 0.978 @ 72°F Optical Rotation : 0.5 Refractive Index : 1.5546 @ 72°F Flash Point : 182 °F Major Constituents : Anethole Extraction Method : Steam Distillation DESCRIPTIONAnise 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.COMMON NAMESKaranja Seed Oil, Karanj Oil.BLENDS WITH:Rose, orange, lavender, spicy essentials, Sassafras and Carbolic oil.CONSTITUENTSAnethol (present to about 90 per cent), fixed oil, sugar, choline and mucilage,Anethole.USESAnise oil is used in treatment of bronchitis, coughs, colds, flatulence, muscle aches, flu and rheumatism. It 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. Medical referencing is for informational purposes only. Please email us at [email protected] for larger quantities.