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

Plant Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Cardamom
How this plant is used
Food

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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-TERPINEOL 0 Seed *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 214000.0 *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit 525.0 56000.0 2.82 Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Essent. Oil 342000.0 360000.0 -0.50 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed Essent. Oil 23100.0 308000.0 1.00 *
2-UNDECANE 0 Fruit Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
3-(BUT-CIS-1-ENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Essential Oil *
3-TRIDECANE 0 Fruit Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
7-ERGOSTEROL 0 Seed *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Pericarp 70.0 1.00 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed 165.0 1.88 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Seed *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 217.0 3000.0 0.06 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 12000.0 16000.0 -0.64 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 7 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) *
Allelopathic 8 (View) *
Allergenic 18 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 11 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) *
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 4 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *