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Common Names
Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-PARADOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 6-SHOGAOL | 32 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 7-GINGEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 7-PARADOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 8-GINGEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 8-PARADOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 42000.0 | 103000.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 25000.0 | 105000.0 | 1.72 | Wealth of India. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 750.0 | 9500.0 | 1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 278000.0 | 352000.0 | -2.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| EO | 0 | Seed | 3000.0 | 80000.0 | 0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 20000.0 | -0.49 | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 10000.0 | 20000.0 | -1.29 | Wealth of India. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 242000.0 | 0.95 | Wealth of India. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 110000.0 | 170000.0 | 0.28 | Wealth of India. |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYPHENYLALKANOLES | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (-)-Chronotropic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| (-)-Inotropic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Adrenergic | 1 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101. |
| Allelochemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Analgesic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anti-5-HT | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianginal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |