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Star Anise Spice: New Treatment for Bird Flu?11.30.05

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Tamiflu (oseltamivir) may have a new rival. Star anise, a licorice-flavored spice that is a staple of many Asian kitchens, may be a new weapon in the arsenal to fight global influenza...

In its original form as a spice, star anise offers little or no help to flu sufferers. Shikimic acid is extracted from the fruit's distinctive seedpod only by a lengthy and complicated process-and the details are Roche's trade-secret....

...Even Chinese medical practitioners advise consumers not to bother stockpiling star anise as a protection against the flu.
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