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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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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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