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Green cardamom

Spice & roots· spice

15 of 32 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

• 1,8-cineolearomaterpenoidreads as camphor-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite

  24.13% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3 (Table of area % of the compounds identified in essential oils from E. cardamomum identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry), row 4 'Eucalyptol', column 'CONTROL')
• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  4.5% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 19 'linalool')
• alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite

  1.9% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 2 'α-pinene')
• γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.8% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 16 'γ-terpinene')
• linalyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as bergamot-lavender odor (PubChem)Measured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite

  7.31% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3, row 5 'Linalyl acetate', column 'CONTROL')
• terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite

  1.1% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 26 '4-terpineol')
• beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.5% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 6 'β-pinene')
• alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.74% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3, row 9 'α-terpineol', column 'CONTROL')
• sabinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 32 of 338 ingredients.cite

  5.1% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 5 'sabinene')
• limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  37.65% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil — the largest peak in that analysis, sixteen times the share the other paper reports — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3, row 8 'Limonene', column 'CONTROL')
• myrcenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)Measured in 68 of 338 ingredients.cite

  2.45% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3, row 3 'β-myrcene', column 'CONTROL')
• alpha-terpinyl acetatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 9 of 338 ingredients.cite

  37.3% of the cardamom oil — the largest single constituent — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3 (Volatile composition of essential oil of E. cardamomum), row 37 'α-terpinyl acetate')
• geranialaromaterpenoidreads as strong lemon odor (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 338 ingredients.cite

  1.13% by area of untreated cardamom essential oil (α-citral is geranial; that paper's Table 2 lists it under CAS 5392-40-5) — Teresa‐Martínez et al. 2026, Food Science & Nutrition (Table 3, row 11 'α-citral', column 'CONTROL')
• geranyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as odor of lavender (PubChem)Measured in 24 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.9% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 39 'geranyl acetate')
• sabinene hydratearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.7% of the cardamom oil — Vukovic et al. 2022, Plants (Table 3, row 17 'cis-sabinene hydrate')