Chemical composition of the essential oil from rhizomes, leaves and flowers of Zingiber zerumbet Smith from Reunion Island

Chane-Ming, J.; Véra, R.; Chalchat, J.C.

Chemical composition of the essential oil from rhizomes, leaves and flowers of Zingiber zerumbet Smith from Reunion Island

2003

Chane-Ming, J. | Véra, R. | Chalchat, J.C.

Sixty-nine constituents were identified in essential oil from the rhizomes, leaves and flowers of Zingiber zerumbet Smith from Reunion Island. The oils were obtained by steam distillation. The oils obtained from rhizomes were rich in zerumbone (37%), alpha-humulene (14.4%) and camphene (13.8%). The oils from leaves and flowers differed appreciably from that from rhizomes by the presence of large amounts of (E)-nerolidol (21.4% and 34.9%), beta-caryophyllene (6.9% and 10.2%), and linalool (7.7% and 17.1%), respectively. The leaf oils differed from the others by their high levels of alpha- and beta-pinenes (10.3% and 31.4%, respectively).

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AGROVOC Keywords

chemical composition essential oils flowers leaves linalool medicinal plants reunion rhizomes zingiber

Bibliographic information

Published in

Journal of essential oil research

Volume 15 Issue 3 Pagination 202 - 205 ISSN 1041-2905

Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

Other Subjects

Plant physiology and biochemistry; Beta-caryophyllene; Humulene; Camphene; Beta-pinene; Zerumbone; Alpha-pinene; Traditional medicine; (e)-nerolidol; Agricultural products (non-food plant); Zingiber zerumbet

Language

English

Type

Journal Article; Text

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DOI DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2003.9712114

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