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
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticariogenic	1	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th