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Essential oil of Elettariopsis elan C.K. Lim
Author(s) -
Wong K. C.,
Sivasothy Y.,
Boey P. L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1654
Subject(s) - camphene , chemistry , rhizome , geraniol , essential oil , monoterpene , botany , sesquiterpene , chromatography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , biology
The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves, rhizomes and roots of Elettariopsis elan C.K. Lim were analysed by capillary GC and GC‐MS. Twenty‐eight compounds were identified in the leaf oil, among which monoterpenoids predominated and the most abundant component was geraniol (71.6%). The rhizomes and roots yielded an oil also rich in monoterpenoids but with a distinctly different odour, with camphene (28.6%), fenchyl acetate (8.6%) and α ‐phellandrene (8.4%) as the major components. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.