Aromatic Plants of Bangladesh: Constituents of Leaf and rhizome Oil of Etlingera linguiforme

Authors

  • Md. Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan
  • Jasim Uddin Chowdhury
  • Jaripa Begum
  • Mohammad Alaul Azim

Keywords:

Etlingera linguiforme, essential oils, GC-MS, eucalyptol, methyl chavicol

Abstract

Essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the rhizomes and leaves of Etlingera linguiforme (Zingiberaceae) were analyzed by
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS).Thirty nine compounds in the leaf oil and twenty compounds in the rhizome oil
were identified. The leaf oil contains eucalyptol (39.7%), -pinene (13.3%), -pinene (7.8%), linalool (7.4%), -elemene (6.6%)
and -selinene (5.5%) as major constituents and the rhizome oil contains methyl chavicol (49.9%), methyleugenol (32.3%) and -
pinene (4.7%) as major constituents.

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Issue

Vol. 58 No. 1 (2010)

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