Anise, that gets the wheels turning. I was thinking this before, but get lost in all the flavors. Such a beautiful smell/taste. This stuff unfortunately is mixed with alcohol, but I know were there's a ton of anise plants located. Been doing some experimentation with composting things like lavender, rosemary ect.... to help increase terpene/oil profiles.
Anethole aka anise camphor is an
unsaturated ether related to
lignols, (source materials for
biosynthesis of both
lignans and
lignin) It exist as both
cisātrans isomer, the
trans or
E isomer being the most prevelent. It's also obtained from
turpentine-like extracts from trees. Fennel would be another way of obtaining it. Looks like it's slightly acidic, but again, this extract contains alcohol, so I'll need find a more suitable form for assimilation.
Anethole also is a promising insecticide. It's also a chemical precursor, and abundant in
absinthe.
That wedding crashers there... From seed, or a cut? I had purchased a bit of that awhile back hoping to get my hands on a few seeds, but no dice.