Volatile Constituents of the Leaf and Rhizome Oils of<i>Aframomum biauriculatum</i>K. Schum

Abstract

Abstract The hydrodistilled leaf and rhizome oils of Aframomum biauriculatum K. Schum were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Seventeen and twenty-nine compounds were identified in the leaf and rhizome oils respectively. The major compounds in the leaf oil were β-pinene (58.5%), β-caryophyllene (14.2%), α-pinene (7.3%) and trans-sabinyl acetate (5.6%). The rhizome oil was dominated by β-pinene (23.8%), 1,8-cineole (22.5%), α-terpineol (5.0%), γ-terpinene (4.9%), α-pinene (4.6%) and limonene (4.6%).