Diversity of Volatile Compounds in Ten Varieties of Zingiberaceae
Weiyao Peng,
Ping Li,
Ruimei Ling,
Zhenzhen Wang,
Xianhui Feng,
Ju Liu,
Quan Yang,
Jian Yan
Affiliations
Weiyao Peng
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture/Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Modern Eco-Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Ping Li
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture/Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Modern Eco-Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Ruimei Ling
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture/Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Modern Eco-Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Zhenzhen Wang
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture/Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Modern Eco-Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Xianhui Feng
School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Ju Liu
Guangdong Provincial Tobacco Shaoguan Co., Ltd., Shaoguan 512000, China
Quan Yang
Guangdong Provincial Research Center on Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Agricultural Development Engineering Technology of Cantonese Medicinal Materials/Comprehensive Experimental Station of Guangzhou, Chinese Material Medica, China Agriculture Research System (CARS-21-16)/Key Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials/School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Jian Yan
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture/Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Modern Eco-Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Zingiberaceae plants are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, being used in many famous medicinal materials. Meanwhile, some Zingiberaceae plants are important horticultural flowers because they are green all year round and have special aromas. To conduct an extensive investigation of the resources of Zingiberaceae plants, the volatile compounds of ten species of Zingiberaceae were extracted and analyzed by GC–MS, including Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas, Curcuma rubescens Roxb., Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb., Curcuma attenuata Wall., Hongfengshou, Hedychium coronarium Koeng, Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith, Hedychium brevicaule D. Fang, Alpinia oxyphylla Miq., and Alpinia pumila Hook.F. A total of 162 compounds were identified, and most of those identified were monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. (E)-labda-8(17),12-diene-15,16-dial, n-hexadecanoic acid, 4-methoxy-6-phenethyl-2H-pyran-2-one, and L-β-pinene were found in high concentrations among the plants. These ten species of Zingiberaceae contained some of the same volatiles, but their contents were different. Pharmacological effects may be associated with the diversity of volatiles in these ten plants.
