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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Amomum xanthioides (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Bastard Cardamom, Chin Kousha, Malabar Cardamom, Tavoy Cardamom
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.1 0.19 *
BORNEOL 35 Seed *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 5090.0 0.17 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed *
COPPER 12 Seed 8.0 -0.62 *
D-BORNEOL 4 Seed *
D-CAMPHOR 0 Seed *
EO 0 Seed 15000.0 30000.0 -0.17 *
IRON 6 Seed 910.0 3.53 *
LINALOL 0 Seed *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 3540.0 0.23 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 565.0 6.37 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.1 -0.12 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 28100.0 1.37 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 187.0 -0.42 *
ZINC 77 Seed 48.0 0.08 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) 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 2 (View) 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.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) 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.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholine 1 (View) 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 3 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th