Chemical investigation of the leaf and rhizome essential oils of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith from Bangladesh

Authors

  • Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong 4220
  • Jasim Uddin Chowdhury Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong 4220
  • Jaripa Begum Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong 4220

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v4i1.845

Keywords:

Essential oil composition, GC-MS, Zerumbone, Zingiber zerumbet

Abstract

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith leaf and rhizome oils, obtained by hydrodistillation, were analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Twenty-nine components were identified in the leaf oil. The major components were zerumbone (36.98%); a-caryophyllene (16.35%) and camphene (9.24%). Thirty components were identified in rhizome oil with the main components being in zerumbone (46.83%); a-caryophyllene (19.00%) and 1,5,5,8-tetramethyl-12-oxabicyclo[9.1.0]dodeca-3,7-diene  (4.28%). The compositions of both oils varied qualitatively and quantitatively.

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Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong 4220

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2008-08-07

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Bhuiyan, M. N. I., J. U. Chowdhury, and J. Begum. “Chemical Investigation of the Leaf and Rhizome Essential Oils of Zingiber Zerumbet (L.) Smith from Bangladesh”. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 4, no. 1, Aug. 2008, pp. 9-12, doi:10.3329/bjp.v4i1.845.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2009)

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