Natural antimicrobial agents, particularly essential oils present an excellent alternative to current antibiotics due to their potent and broad-spectrum antimicrobial potential, unique mechanisms of action and low tendency to induce resistance. However their potential as a viable therapeutic alternative is greatly compromised due to their hydrophobic and volatile nature. The objective of the cu...

Essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation and two different solvent extractions (petroleum ether and ethanol) from five Zingiberaceae species: ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe.), galanga (Alpinia galanga Sw.), turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), kaempferia (Boesenbergia pandurata Holtt.) and bastard cardamom (Amomum xanthioides Wall.) was characterized. Volatile components of all extracts were ana...

Small cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton.), often referred to as the 'queen of spices' is believed have originated in moist evergreen forests Western Ghats South India. The present study was conducted at Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Myladumpara, Idukki Dt. Kerala. Different farmer's varieties, nine landraces viz., Njallani Green Gold, Thiruthali, Panikulangara Bold No.1, Wonder Ca...

The present study employs a cheminformatics approach to screen the diverse array of secondary metabolites from selected spices such as cardamom, ginger and turmeric belonging to the family Zingiberaceae. One thousand six hundred and sixty four (1664) chemical descriptors were calculated for 404 secondary metabolites. They were sieved and funneled through various filters, passed through all the ...

A new species of the genus Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described from the Cardamom Mountains of southwest Cambodia. Lycodon zoosvictoriae distinctly differs from all other species of Lycodon in Southeast Asia by a combination of its morphometric characters and unique coloration. The new species has 17 dorsal scales at midbody; 2+2 temporals; 8 supralabials; 10 infralabials; loreal separated from...

his paper seeks to understand the influence of different levels of fertilizer nutrients on annual yield of cardamom in cardamom hill reserves (chr) under rain fed situation. field experiment conducted at crs, pampadumpara during 1994-2002 on nutrient levels with sources revealed that increasing the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium had increased the yields of cardamom up to 125: 125:...

his paper seeks to understand the influence of different levels of fertilizer nutrients on annual yield of cardamom in Cardamom Hill Reserves (CHR) under rain fed situation. Field experiment conducted at CRS, Pampadumpara during 1994-2002 on nutrient levels with sources revealed that increasing the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium had increased the yields of cardamom up to 125: 125:...

In order to gain insight into the antioxidant effect of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum; Lauraceae) and cardamom (Amomum subulatum; Zingiberaceae) hepatic and cardiac antioxidant enzymes, glutathione (GSH) content and lipid conjugated dienes were studied in rats fed high fat diet along with cinnamon or cardamom. The antioxidant enzyme activities were found to be significantly enhanced whereas GSH co...

In this study, we investigated climatic parameters and predicted future changes in precipitation atmospheric temperature levels based on RCP4. 5/8.5 scenarios all cardamom-coffee hot spots of southern India. Our results showed more patterns occurred Cardamom hills (Kerala), followed by lower Puleny Tamil Nadu. The least variation has been noticed for temperate upper Kodagu Karnataka. RCP4.5/8.5...