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Aromatic Plants of French Polynesia. I. Constituents of the Essential Oils of Rhizomes of Three Zingiberaceae: Zingiber zerumbet Smith, Hedychium coronarium Koenig and Etlingera cevuga Smith
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Aromatic Plants of French Polynesia. I. Constituents of the Essential Oils of Rhizomes of Three Zingiberaceae: Zingiber zerumbet Smith, Hedychium coronarium Koenig and Etlingera cevuga Smith

Isabelle Lechat-Vahirua, Patrice François, Chantal Menut, Gérard Lamaty et Jean-Marie Bessiere
The Journal of essential oil research, Vol.5(1), p.55-59
01/01/1993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698170

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1, 8-cineole Essential oil essential oil composition Etlingera cevuga Hedychium coronarium methyl eugenol rhizome oils zerumbone Zingiber zerumbet Zingiberaceae
The essential oils from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet, Hedychium coronarium and Etlingera cevuga from Tahiti Island were studied by capillary GC and GC/MS. The oil of Z. zerumbet was found to be rich in oxygenated derivatives of α-humulene, in particular zerumbone (65.3%), while H. coronium oil contained β-pinene (24.8%) and 1, 8-cineole (40.2%) as major constituents. The oil of E. cevuga possessed a characteristic chemical composition where methyl eugenol (47.4%) and (Z)- and (E)-methyl isoeugenol (18.8%) together accounted for more than 60% of the oil.

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