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Compositon of the essential oil of rhizomes of kaempferia galanga L.
Author(s) -
Wong K. C.,
Ong K. S.,
Lim C. L.
Publication year - 1992
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.2730070506
Subject(s) - chemistry , rhizome , borneol , pentadecane , terpenoid , organic chemistry , capillary gas chromatography , zingiberaceae , traditional medicine , chromatography , stereochemistry , gas chromatography , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
The compositon of the essential oil of rhizomes of Kaempferia galanga L. growing in Malaysia has been investigated by capillary GC, GC‐MS and 1 H‐NMR. The oil contained 54 components, of which the major constituents were ethyl trans ‐p‐methoxycinnamate (51.6%), ethyl cinnamate (16.5%), pentadecane (9.0%), 1,8‐cineole (5.7%), γ‐car‐3‐ene (3.3%) and borneol (2.7%). Terpenoid constituents amounted to 16.4%.

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