IJHS
Interprofessional Journal of Health Sciences
formerly Bulletin of Health, Science and Technology (BHST)
https://ijhs.rsu.ac.th
ISSN (Print) 2672-9628
ISSN (Online) 2672-9423
Interprofessional Journal of Health Sciences. Vol.14 No.1 , January - June 2016.
ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF ELETTARIOPSIS WANDOKTHONG PICHEANS. & YUPPARACH RHIZOME FROM THAILAND
Orawan Theanphong, Thatree Phadungcharoen, Thaya Jenjittikul, and Withawat Mingvanish
Abstract
The essential oil from the fresh rhizome of Elettariopsis wandokthong Picheans. & Yupparach (Zingiberaceae) was obtained by hydrodistillation. Forty eight compounds were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) technique. The three major compounds were camphene (22.51 %), fenchyl acetate (9.11 %) and 1, 8-cineole (8.12 %). This is the first report on the chemical composition of the essential oil of E. wandokthong fresh rhizome.
Keywords: Elettariopsis wandokthong, Zingiberaceae, essential oil