Lanxangia tsaoko
| Lanxangia tsaoko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus: | Lanxangia |
| Species: | L. tsaoko
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanxangia tsaoko (Crevost & Lemarié) M. F. Newman & Škorničk.
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Lanxangia tsaoko, formerly Amomum tsao-ko, is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name cao guo (Chinese: 草果; pinyin: cǎoguǒ). It grows at high altitudes in Yunnan,[2] as well as the northern highlands of Vietnam.[3] Both wild and cultivated plants are used medicinally and also in cooking.[2]. It shows anti-quorum sensing and anti-biofilm activity on Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive), Salmonella Typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative. [4]
References
- ^ Leong-Skornickova, J., Tran, H.D., Newman, M., Lamxay, V. & Bouamanivong, S. 2012. Amomum tsao-ko. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "Flora of China".
- ^ Ziegler, Thomas, Dao Thi Anh Tran, Truong Quang Nguyen, Ronith Gila Bina Perl, Lea Wirk, Magdalena Kulisch, Tanja Lehmann, Anna Rauhaus, Tao Thien Nguyen, Quyet Khac Le, and Thanh Ngoc Vu. 2014. New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes, volume 7: 185-201 (2014) (published online on 16 April 2014).
- ^ Md Ramim Tanver Rahman, Zaixiang Lou,Fuhao Yu, Peng Wang, Hongxin Wang; Anti-quorum sensing and anti-biofilm activity of Amomum tsaoko (Amommum tsao-ko Crevost et Lemarie) on foodborne pathogens; Saudi J Biol Sci. 2017 Feb; 24(2): 324–330. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5272928/
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