Bioassay-guided isolation and identification of anti-obesity phytochemicals from fruits of Amomum tsao-ko

Seong Su Hong, Chun Whan Choi, Ji Eun Lee, Yeon Woo Jung, Jung A. Lee, Wonsik Jeong, Yun-Hyeok Choi, Hanna Cha, Eun-Kyung Ahn and Joa Sub Oh

Appl Biol Chem, 2021, 64
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Targeting the Sphingosine Kinase/Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling Axis in Drug Discovery for Cancer Therapy

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Cancers, 2021, 13, 1898
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A review on quality control, toxicity and clinical application of Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié

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Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine, 2022, 5, 100165
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A review of medicine and food homology on traditional Chinese medicine as functional food

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Food & Medicine Homology, 2026, 3, 9420091
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Purification, Characterization, and Anticomplementary Activity of Polysaccharides From the Fruits of Amomum tsaoko Crevost & Lemarié

Zhengyu Hu, Long Jin, Tieqiang Zong, Yuanqi Duan, Xiaohui Zhang, Pengcheng Yang, Jinfeng Sun, Wei Zhou and Gao Li

Natural Product Communications, 2023, 18
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Therapeutic potential of medicinal plants against COVID-19: The role of antiviral medicinal metabolites

Tariq Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan, Zia-ur-Rehman Mashwani, Nazif Ullah and Akhtar Nadhman

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2021, 31, 101890
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Bioactive Flavonoids From Tsaoko Fructus: Antioxidant Capacity and Protection on UV‐Damaged Cells and Stimulation to Caenorhabditis elegans Antioxidant System

Rui-Fang Zhong, Xiao-Mei Zhan, Si-Wen Qin, Wei-Hui Lu, Jian-Guo Jiang, Wei Zhu and Marcos Dos Santos Lima

Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2025, 2025
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Analysis of the Volatile Components in Different Parts of Three Species of the Genus Amomum via Combined HS–SPME–GC–TOF–MS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Jingjing Gu, Meiquan Yang, Mingju Qi, Tianmei Yang, Li Wang, Weize Yang and Jinyu Zhang

Foods, 2024, 13, 1925
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Amomum tsao-ko crevost et lemaire ameliorates depression-like behaviors and hippocampal inflammation by inhibiting microglia activation and HMGB1/TLR4/NF-κB pathway in diabetic mice with depression

Zhen Wang, Huilin Ren, Caixia Wang, Ruixue Min, Yue Ma, Yanli Ma and Xiaofeng Zhang

Metab Brain Dis, 2025, 40
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Insights into the key odorants in fresh and dried Amomum tsaoko using the sensomics approach

Miao Liang, Yajian Wu, Rui Wang, Zhimin Zhang, Runhu Xin and Yuping Liu

Food Chemistry: X, 2024, 22, 101344
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Monoterpenoids from the Fruits of Amomum tsao-ko Have Inhibitory Effects on Nitric Oxide Production

Seong Su Hong, Ji Eun Lee, Yeon Woo Jung, Ju-Hyoung Park, Jung A. Lee, Wonsik Jeong, Eun-Kyung Ahn, Chun Whan Choi and Joa Sub Oh

Plants, 2021, 10, 257
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Investigation on the changes of odor-active compounds of Amomum tsao-ko during natural drying

Yajian Wu, Runhu Xin, Miao Liang, Zhimin Zhang, Wei Guan, Rui Wang and Yuping Liu

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2023, 122, 105432
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Anti-Microbial Activity of Aliphatic Alcohols from Chinese Black Cardamom (Amomum tsao-ko) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

So Young Lee, Gauri S. Shetye, So-Ri Son, Hyun Lee, Larry L. Klein, Jeffrey K. Yoshihara, Rui Ma, Scott G. Franzblau, Sanghyun Cho and Dae Sik Jang

Plants, 2022, 12, 34
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The potential of Amomum tsao-ko as a traditional Chinese medicine: Traditional clinical applications, phytochemistry and pharmacological properties

Gang He, Shao-bing Yang and Yuan-zhong Wang

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 16, 104936
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Amomum tsaoko DRM1 regulate seed germination and improve heat tolerance in Arabidopsis

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Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023, 286, 154007
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Correlation Analysis of Compounds in Essential Oil of Amomum tsaoko Seed and Fruit Morphological Characteristics, Geographical Conditions, Locality of Growth

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Agronomy, 2021, 11, 744
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Drying temperature affects essential oil yield and composition of black cardamom (Amomum tsao-ko)

Jingjian Wang, Yongkun Li, Qinwei Lu, Qingyu Hu, Pinghui Liu, Yaowen Yang, Guodong Li, Hui Xie and Huiru Tang

Industrial Crops and Products, 2021, 168, 113580
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Modulation of Amomum tsao-ko on lipid metabolism and gut microbiota in high-fat diet-fed mice with NAFLD

Zezhu Du, Lijun Yu, Jinya Dong, Linxian Shan, Jun He, Yan Shen, Yanmei Li, Xiuli Lu, Shengjie Duan, Jianyang Fu, Xiaocui Du, Yunfei Ge, Ruijuan Yang and Chongye Fang

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2025, 24, 102379
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Amomum tsaoko extract from Nujiang alleviates DSS-induced colitis through inhibiting necroptosis

Yuanyuan Wang, Keyi Lu, Yuhang Gong, Yanna Shao, Siqi Liu, Yuan Fang, Yifan Shi, Erping Xu, Yanqiong Yang, Si Yuan, Ming Bai, Zhibin Wang and Bo Zhang

Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 2026, 14
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Comparison of Amomum tsaoko crevost et Lemaire from four regions via headspace solid-phase microextraction: Variable optimization and volatile characterization

Miao Liang, Zhimin Zhang, Yajian Wu, Rui Wang and Yuping Liu

Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 191, 115924
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Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié: a comprehensive review on traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, and pharmacology

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Phytochem Rev, 2022, 21, 1487
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A rapid identification of stir-frying temperature and time and prediction of three chemical quality indexes for seeds of Fructus tsaoko based on Fourier transform near-infrared spectroscopies and chemometrics

Han Chen, Wei-Ze Yang, Mei-Quan Yang, Guo-Bin Deng and Jing-Yu Zhang

International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2025, 60
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