Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology (May 2008)

Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from leaf and rhizome of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.

  • Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan,
  • Jasim Uddin Chowdhury,
  • Jaripa Begum

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v3i2.844
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2

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The composition of the essential oil of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. from Bangladesh was examined by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS).Sixty-four components were identified in leaf oil and 32 components were identified in the rhizome oil, accounting for 94.60% and 98.56% of the total yields, respectively. The main component in leaf oil was sabinene (14.99%), b-pinene (14.32%), caryophyllene oxide (13.85%) and caryophyllene (9.47%). On the other hand, rhizome oil contained triquinacene 1,4-bis (methoxy) (26.47%), (Z)-ocimene (21.97%) and terpinen-4-ol (18.45%). The compositions of both oils varied qualitatively and quantitatively.

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