Star Anise CO2-extract
Botanical Source: Star Anise seed pods
Common names: Star Anise, Star Aniseed, Badiane, Chinese Star Anise, Anise Stars
Latin Name: Illicium verum
Belongs to Illiciaceae family. Native to China and Vietnam, Star Anise is today grown almost exclusively in southern China, Indo-China, and Japan.
Ingredients: shikimic acid, anethole, safrolene, 1, 4 cineol, foeniculin, methyl vhavicol, phellandrene, limonene, linalool, nerolidol, terpineol, cinnamyl acetate.
Properties: powerful and liquorice-like but more pungent and stronger than anise bouquet, warm, sweet, aromatic and evocative of a bitter aniseed flavour. Digesting and breath sweetener, carminative, stomachic, stimulant and diuretic.
Fields of application: Star Anise extract is used in food and beverage industries, in cosmetics, aromatherapy and pharmaceutical preparations.
Useful in treating colds, flu, bronchitis, coughing, indigestion, cramping; a remedy for colic and rheumatism.
Can be used in producing alcoholic beverages, confectionary, cookies, fruit compotes, jams, sweetmeats and poultry; to flavor tea; in the manufacture of cough syrups and sore throat medications, in Chinese cooking and traditional Chinese medicine; to flavour other medicines and to scent soaps and perfumes.
Star Anise CO2-extract recommended concentration in food, beverages, food supplements and natural remedies is 0.01 – 0.5%. Replacement rate of dry Star Anise with Star Anise CO2-extract is 1 kg with 15 g correspondingly. For convenient use, it is recommended to dilute the extract in any vegetable oil (sunflower, olive, grape seed, etc.) in ratio of 1:20 before use as a food additive.
Percent ratio to the total mass in skin care products is 0.001 – 0.1%. The use of Star Anise CO2-extract improves metabolic processes of skin, has calming, antiseptic, and moisturizing effect, improves skin elasticity, and helps retain skin softness and resilience.
Caution: Large doses can be poisonous. Avoid during pregnancy, lactation, in cases of liver disease, and with young children.
Use Star Anise extract with caution, and dilute significantly before using on the skin.
Very concentrated! Keep out of reach of children.
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