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Plant Amomum compactum (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names

Round Cardamom, Chester Cardamom, Siam Cardamom, Java Cardamom

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	2880.0	16080.0	1.88	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	not available	960.0	-0.40	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed	not available	1200.0	-0.14	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
BETA-PINENE	13	Seed	not available	3840.0	-0.22	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
BORNEOL	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
CAMPHOR	41	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
CARVONE	19	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
D-BORNEOL	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
D-CAMPHOR	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
EO	0	Seed	not available	24000.0	-0.25	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
GAMMA-TERPINEOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
HUMULENE	2	Seed	not available	720.0	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-II	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
LIMONENE	60	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
MYRTENAL	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
P-CYMENE	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Spermicide	1 (View Chemicals list for Spermicide)	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	1 (View Chemicals list for Stimulant)	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Surfactant	1 (View Chemicals list for Surfactant)	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	1 (View Chemicals list for Termiticide)	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1 (View Chemicals list for Termitifuge)	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1 (View Chemicals list for Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer)	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	2 (View Chemicals list for Tranquilizer)	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	6 (View Chemicals list for Transdermal)	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	3 (View Chemicals list for Trichomonicide)	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1 (View Chemicals list for Vermicide)	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Verrucolytic)	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	1 (View Chemicals list for Vibriocide)	Wealth of India.
Vulnerary	2 (View Chemicals list for Vulnerary)	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91.