Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves and roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) from Kerala

dc.contributor.author	Nirmala Menon, A
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-10T08:54:33Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-10T08:54:33Z
dc.date.issued	2007-04
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences 29(2):78-80;Apr-Jun 2007	en_US
dc.identifier.other	124-2007
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/48
dc.description.abstract	The hydro-distilled oils from fresh leaves and fibrous roots of two local cultivars of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose) viz. Kozhikkalan and Vellinchi were analysed by GC abd GC/MS. Fifty compounds were identified in the oil from leaves and roots. Kozhikkalan leaf oil contained beta-caryophyllene (22.5%) and vellinchi leaf oil contained alpha-humulene (28.1%) as major compoud, while the root oils contained ar-curcumene (28.8%) and zingiberene (26.2%) as major compounds, respectively.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow	en_US
dc.subject	Zingiber officinale	en_US
dc.subject	Essential oil composition	en_US
dc.subject	Root oil	en_US
dc.subject	Leaf oil	en_US
dc.subject	Zingiberene	en_US
dc.subject	Ar-curcumene	en_US
dc.subject	Beta-caryophyllene	en_US
dc.subject	Alpha-humulene	en_US
dc.title	Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves and roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) from Kerala	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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