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Plant Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Cardamom
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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-TERPINEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 214000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed Essent. Oil 23100.0 308000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-TRIDECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ERGOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available 70.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed not available 165.0 1.88 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available 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 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
(-)-Chronotropic 2 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 7 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 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 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 18 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *