Analysis of the essential oil of large cardamom (<i>Amomum subulatum</i> Roxb.) growing in different agro‐climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

The presence of 4-terpineol, δ-3-carene, trans-sabinene hydrate, 1-phellandrene, α-terpinene, 1-terpineol, bicyclogermacrene, isopinocarveol, ledenoxid-II, longifolenaldehyde and α-terpenyl acetate make the aroma of the oil different from large cardamom oil of Sikkim and could offer potential as a new food flavour.