大茴香; （香料）八角
1. 八角：其他常见的香料,小豆蔻(cardamom)、肉豆蔻(nutmeg)、肉桂(cinnamon)、八角(star anise)、姜(ginger)等等,在香水里也是很常见的,不过也多用于Opium这种东方香型的香水,或者至少是熟女型的,或者是男香.
2. 八角茴香：英国独立报报导说,在禽流感危机四伏之际,以八角茴香为原料提炼而成的抗病毒药物达菲,在欧洲多国供不应求,也使八角茴香(star anise)在国际上身价陡涨.
3. (大茴香)：英文称星状大茴香(Star Anise)或称中国大茴香(Chinese Anise). 八角树的干果可以用作调料或中药材. 中药名称八角茴香,别名大茴香,大八角. 用作调料时俗称大料. 八角每年2月和8月采摘,届时理查德公司派人到广西收购八角精,
4. 茴香：最困难的是,要购买足量的八角茴香(star anise). 它是提炼Tamiflu的关键成分--莽草酸(shikimic acid)的最理想的中药材. 为此,罗氏制药已经收购了占全球供应量一大部分的八角茴香. 所以,罗氏公司是掌握了一些药材储备,但具体数目并不清楚.
1. The flavors she preferred were slightly stronger with more cinnamon and star anise, but basically it is the same recipe.
2. Northern Indian curries with their cardamom, cloves and star anise are spicy and aromatic - characteristics which the wine shares.
3. Despite its new fame as the key ingredient of Tamiflu, star anise has rarely been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat flu.
4. The stockpiling of star anise goes against previous media reports which talked of a shortage.
5. Some Internet reports claimed that about 90 per cent of star anise in China had been sourced by Roche.
6. But in some Tibetan prescriptions, the star anise is used to cure influenza.
7. More specifically, star anise is the basic component for Shikimic acid.
noun
1. star anise
1. anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine
Synonym: Chinese anise star aniseed
2. star anise
2. small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan
flowers are not fragrant
Synonym: Illicium anisatum
3. small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Synonym: Chinese anise Illicium verum