ISHS Acta Horticulturae 677: III WOCMAP Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Volume 3: Perspectives in Natural Product Chemistry
ESSENTIAL OILS FROM THREE CURCUMA SPECIES COLLECTED IN THAILAND |
| Authors: | S. Jarikasem, S. Thubthimthed, K. Chawananoraseth, T. Suntorntanasat |
| Keywords: | Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Curcuma aromatica, Curcuma aeruginosa, Zingiberaceae, essential oil composition |
| Abstract:
The essential oils extracted by hydrodistillation from the rhizomes of Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Curcuma aromatica and Curcuma aeruginosa (Zingiberaceae) grown in Thailand were analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. The major volatile components from C. xanthorrhiza were 1,8-cineol (37.58%) and curzerenone (13.70%) whereas camphor (26.94%), ar-curcumene (23.18%) and xanthorrhizol (18.70%) were found in the essential oil of C. aromatica. For C. aeruginosa,  -pinene (7.71%), 1,8-cineol (9.64%) and curzerenone (41.63%) appeared to be the major constituents.
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