Greater cardamom

Dhuley, J.N. 1999. Anti-oxidant effects of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) bark and greater cardamom (Amomum subulatum) seeds in rats fed high fat diet. Indian Journal of Expert-Mental Biology, 37 238—242. 

Kikuzaki, H., Kawai, Y. and Nakatani, N. (2001) l,l-Diphenyl-2-picryUiydrazyl radical-scavenging active compounds from greater cardamom AmomumsubulatumRanb.).J. Nutr. Sci. Vitaminol, (Tokyo), 47,167-171. 

Amomum subulatum Greater cardamom Fruit India Spice, Antifungal... 

Amomum subulatum is one kind of cardamoms belonging to Zingiberaceae. It is a native of the eastern Himalayas and now cultivated in Nepal and India. Because the fruits of A. subulatum are straw-colored and at least six times the size of the common greenish cardamoms Elettaria cardamomum), they are commonly called either greater cardamom or black cardamom. They give a characteristic intense flavor to food and are also used as a traditional medicine. 

Extraction and fractionation of the components of greater cardamoms were carried out using a similar way to those of papua mace. DPPH radicalscavenging activity at the concentration of 100 pg/mL of each extract and fraction were as follows the dichloromethane extract 15%, the ethyl acetate-... 

Figure 2 Structure of phenolics isolated from greater cardamom and their DPPH radical-scavenging activity. (DPPH radical-scavenging activity (%) at the sample concentration oflOpM DPPH cone. 100 pM a-tocopherol 39%)...

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