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

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.

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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