Plant Amomum xanthioides (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bastard Cardamom; Chin Kousha; Malabar Cardamom; Tavoy Cardamom

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.1	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	5090.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
D-BORNEOL	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CAMPHOR	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Seed	15000.0	30000.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	not available	910.0	3.53	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	3540.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	565.0	6.37	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	28100.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	187.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	48.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	2	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	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.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
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	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th