Volatile composition of  Curcuma angustifolia  Roxb. rhizome from central and southern India | Zendy

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Volatile composition of Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. rhizome from central and southern India

Author(s) -

Srivastava A. K.,

Srivastava S. K.,

Syamsundar K. V.

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.1680

Subject(s) - rhizome , camphor , chemistry , essential oil , methyl eugenol , curcuma , traditional medicine , palmitic acid , composition (language) , botany , chromatography , organic chemistry , fatty acid , biology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , pest analysis , tephritidae

The rhizome essential oils of Curcuma angustifolia from Central and Southern India were subjected to GC/MS analysis, which resulted in the identification of 81 and 78 constituents, accounting for more than 95 and 99% of the oil contents, respectively. The major constituents in the rhizome oil from Central India were xanthorrhizol isomer (12.7%), methyl eugenol (10.5%), palmitic acid (5.2%) and camphor (4.2%), while the rhizomes oil from Travancore (Southern India) had germacrone (12.8%), camphor (12.3%), isoborneol (8.7%), curdione (8.4%) and 1,8‐cineole (4.8%) as major constituents. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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