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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Zingiber Zerumbet Var. Darcyi
Mercedes VerdeguerMaría Amparo BlázquezVirendra S. Ranasubject
PharmacologybiologyHumuleneTraditional medicinePlant ScienceGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationlaw.inventionRhizomechemistry.chemical_compoundComplementary and alternative medicinechemistryZingiber zerumbetlawDrug DiscoveryBotanyCampheneZingiberaceaeGas chromatography–mass spectrometryChemical compositionEssential oildescription
The chemical composition of essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation method from the rhizomes of Z. zerumbet var. darcyi was determined by GC and GC-MS. Thirty-three compounds, accounting for 93.6% of the oil were identified including twenty compounds in minor (0.1-0.6%) and eight in trace (<0.05%) amounts. The main compounds were zerumbone (69.9%) α-humulene (12.9%), humulene epoxide II (2.5%), caryophyllene oxide (1.1%) and camphene (1.9%). In this analysis, it has been found that the variety could be used as an additional new source of natural zerumbone besides Zingiber zerumbet. This is a first report on the analysis of Z. zerumbet var. darcyi oil.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-01 | Natural Product Communications |