ANISE OIL Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

232 °C (lit.)

Density 

0.980 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.554(lit.)

FEMA 

2096 | ANISE, STAR, OIL (ILLICIUM VERUM HOOK, F.)

Flash point:

199 °F

storage temp. 

2-8°C

Odor

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. sweet anise licorice fennel resinous phenolic herbal

Odor Type

anise

optical activity

[α]20/D 1°, neat

biological source

Illicium verum Hook. f. (also Badiane)

CAS DataBase Reference

68952-43-2

EPA Substance Registry System

Oils, star anise (68952-43-2)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

43

Safety Statements 

26-36/37

RIDADR 

UN3082 - class 9 - PG 3 - DOT NA1993 - Environmentally hazardous substances, liquid, n.o.s. HI: all (not BR)

WGK Germany 

2

RTECS 

BZ4200000

F 

8

HS Code 

3301296000

MSDS

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ANISE OIL Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

The oil is obtained by steam distillation of dried, well-ripe, brown-colored seeds and is known commercially as star anise essential oil. The odor is intensely sweet with a characteristic flavor.

Uses

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Definition

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives Illicium verum, Magnoliaceae.

Essential oil composition

The main constituents include anethole (85 to 90%), d-α-pinene, δ-carene, α- and β-phellandrene, p-cymene, cineol, l-limonene, d-terpineol and 25 constituents (Burdock, 1997).

Aroma threshold values

Aroma characteristics at 2.0%: sweet, anise, licorice, anethole and estragole-like with a clean, resinous, slightly phenolic nuance.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: sweet, anise and fennel with a full-bodied sweetness and an herbal nuance.

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