Star Anise

🌳 Star anise is an evergreen tree with star-shaped fruit that is used throughout Asia as a culinary spice for its strong, pungent and mildly sweet taste and as a traditional medicine for its antiviral effects.

🌳 Star anise contains bioactive compounds including phenolic and flavonoid compounds with wide therapeutic actions including, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-parasitic, secretolytic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective, sedative, expectorant, spasmolytic and estrogenic properties.

🌳 Star anise is a good natural source of shikimic acid.