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
Antiobesity	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplaque	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.