Aframomum melegueta

Igwe, S., I. Emeruwa, and J. Modie. 1999. Ocular toxicity of Aframomum melegueta (alligator pepper) on healthy Igbos of Nigeria. /. Ethnopharmacol. 65(3) 203-206. 

Okoli, C.O., PA. Akah, S.V. Nwafor, U.U. Ihemelandu, and C. Amadife. 2007. Anti-inflammatory activity of seed extracts of Aframomum melegueta.. Herbs Spices Med. Plants 13(1) 11-21. 

Piperine is an alkaloid found in black pepper (Piper nigrum), long pepper (Piper longuni), cubeb (Piper cubebd) and grains-of-paradise (Aframomum melegueta), and is responsible in... 

Aframomum melegueta (family Zingiberaceae) Distributed in the tropics. It is cultivated in West Africa and Surinam. The seeds are known as Grains of Paradise and are used as a condiment. 

Oloke JO, Kolawole DO (1998) The antibacterial and antifimgal activities of certain components of Aframomum melegueta liuits. Fitoterapia 59 384-388 Paudel B, Bhattarai HD, Lee IS et al (2008) Antioxidant activity of polar lichens fiom King George Island (Antarctica). Polar Biol 31 605-608 Paudel B, Bhattarai HD, Lee HK et al (2010) Antibacterial activities of Ramalin, usnic acid and its three derivatives isolated liom the Antarctic lichen Ramalina terebrata. Z Naturforsch C 65 34-38... 

Kaurane diterpenes (I) and phenolic amides (II) from Xylopia aethiopica, as well as phenethylalkylketones (III) from Aframomum melegueta are now being patented as leads to new wood-protecting agents. Kaurane diteipenes have previously been found to deter feeding of Lepidopteran larvae (9) and aphids (10) and may thus have a rather broad spectrum of activities, and represent an interesting new class of active compounds. 

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