Introduction to Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum): Production, Processing, and Properties -- Section 1. Cardamom: Cultivation, species, and cultivars -- Cultivation and agricultural practices of cardamom -- Cardamom botany, cultivars, and genetic diversity -- Plant morphological traits of cardamom -- Viral Diseases of Cardamom -- Cardamom wild genotypes -- Section 2. Cardamom: Chemistry, functionality and health-promoting properties -- Composition and functional properties of cardamom seeds -- Composition and functional properties of cardamom essential oil -- Composition and functional properties of cardamom fixed oil -- Health aspects of true cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum): clinical evidence and proposed mechanism -- Health-promoting effects of cardamom -- Composition and functional properties of cardamom leaves -- Chemistry and functionality of black cardamom (Amomum subulatum) -- Section 3. Cardamom: Technology, processing, and applications -- Effect of processing on cardamom composition andproperties -- Cardamom-based beverages -- Cardamom-based phytosomes -- Cardamom Safety -- Cardamom in food applications -- Encapsulation of cardamom extract -- Cardamom oleoresin -- Non-food applications of cardamom. .