“…This active compound molecular formula, weight, and CAS Number are C 10 H 12 O, 148.205 g.mol -1 and 4180-23-8, respectively (PubChem, 2005). Trans-anethole has been increasingly studied for its antioxidant properties (Wong, Lee, & Nurdiyana, 2014), anticancer properties (Asif et al, 2016) and for its potential use in treating neurodegenerative diseases (Bhadra et al, 2011). The star anise essential oil (EO) may also contain estragole (Howes, Kite & Simmonds, 2009), D-limonene (Chouksey et al, 2013), cis-anethole (Wang et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2011), pinene, β-phellandrene, safrol, farnesol and α-terpineol (Chouksey et al, 2013).…”