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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
SFA 0 Fruit 6800.0 7390.0 -0.22 Revised USDA data received 1993.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Seed 180.0 196.0 -0.40 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STARCH 5 Seed 200000.0 400000.0 0.36 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 600.0 650.0 -0.24 Revised USDA data received 1993.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 1830.0 18300.0 -0.17 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 60.0 80.0 -0.43 *
SUGAR 0 Seed 50000.0 -0.34 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 377000.0 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit 252.0 23200.0 3.16 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil 27000.0 1.41 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Seed Essent. Oil 13000.0 -0.54 *
TERPINEOL-ACETATE 2 Seed Essent. Oil 382000.0 *
TERPINEOL-FORMIATE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.0 2.0 -1.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 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.
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit 875.0 2500.0 2.00 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf *
ZINC 77 Fruit 23.0 28.0 -0.07 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihelicobacter 2 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 4 *
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 5 *
AntiHIV 2 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antiileus 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.