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FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 423-426Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1680
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Curcuma angustifolia; Zingiberaceae; essential oil composition; xanthorrhizol isomer; methyl eugenol; palmitic acid; germacrone; isoborneol; curdione
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The rhizome essential oils of Curcuma angustifolia from Central and Southern India were subjected to GC/MS analysis, which resulted in the identification of 81 and 78 constituents, accounting for more than 95 and 99% of the oil contents, respectively. The major constituents in the rhizome oil from Central India were xanthorrhizol isomer (12.7%), methyl eugenol (10.5%), palmitic acid (5.2%) and camphor (4.2%), while the rhizomes oil from Travancore (Southern India) had germacrone (12.8%), camphor (12.3%), isoborneol (8.7%), curdione (8.4%) and 1,8-cineole (4.8%) as major constituents. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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