Essential Oil Constituents of The Rhizomes of Two Types of <i>Curcuma longa</i> of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Jasim Uddin Chowdhury BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh
  • Nemai Chandra Nandi BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh
  • M Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh
  • M Hosnay Mobarok BCSIR Laboratories, P.O. Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v43i2.970

Keywords:

Curcuma longa, GC-MS, Ar-tumerone, Carvacrol, Tumerone, Citral

Abstract

Essential oil from the rhizomes of two types of Curcuma longa, yellow and red originated in Bangladesh was analyzed by GC-MS. 54 compounds have been identified from the yellow type of which the major compounds are ar-tumerone (27.78%), tumerone (17.16%), culone (13.82%), 2-carene (4.78%), zingiberene (4.37%) and β-sesquiphellandrene (5.57%). The red type contained 39 compounds with carvacrol (21.14%), citral (13.91%), methyleugenol (7.31%), geraniol (6.99%), menthol (5.11%) and caryophyllene oxide (4.14%) as major constituents.

Key words: Curcuma longa, GC-MS, Ar-tumerone, Carvacrol, Tumerone, Citral.

DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v43i2.970 

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 43(2), 259-266, 2008

 

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Chowdhury, J. U., Nandi, N. C., Bhuiyan, M. N. I., & Mobarok, M. H. (2008). Essential Oil Constituents of The Rhizomes of Two Types of <i>Curcuma longa</i> of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 43(2), 259–266. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v43i2.970

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