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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
D-ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-PHI-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DECANOIC-ACID 3 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.
DELTA-5,7,22-CHOLESTATRIENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 26000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TERPINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESMOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECANOIC-ACID 1 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.
EO 0 Fruit 25000.0 100000.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 64500.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 10000.0 100000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 67000.0 100000.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 201000.0 251000.0 1.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 113000.0 123000.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 49.0 140.0 -0.63 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Root Essent. Oil not available 33000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIC-ACID 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.
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 12000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *