Essential oil of three air-dried parts of Etlingera brevilabrum

• Main Authors: Behnam Mahdavi, W. A. Yaacob, Laily B. Din, Siti Aishah Mohd Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
• Subjects: QK Botany
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19601/1/Essential%20oil%20of%20three%20air.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19601/7/Essential%20Oil%20Composition%20of%20Three%20Air%20Dried%20Parts%20of%20Etlingera%20brevilabrum.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19601/; https://doi.org/10.1080/0972060X.2013.764200

Essential oil from the air-dried rhizomes, stems and leaves of Etlingera brevilabrum were hydrodistilled using a Clevenger-type apparatus and identified by GC and GC-MS. Monoterpene hydrocarbons dominated the oils from the stems and leaves (66.8 and 89.8 % respectively) whereas oxygenated monoterpen...