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
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	4	Duke, 1992 *