Chemical Constituents of Leaf Essential Oil of Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. Growing in Eastern India. Issue 6 (17th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jena, Sudipta; Ray, Asit; Sahoo, Ambika; Kar, Basudeba; Panda, Pratap Chandra; Nayak, Sanghamitra
• Is Part Of: Journal of essential oil-bearing plants. Volume 19:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 1527
• Page End: 1531
• Publication Date: 2016-08-17
• Subjects: Curcuma angustifolia Roxb -- Zingiberaceae -- Essential oil composition -- GC-MS -- 8, 9-dehydro-9-formyl-cycloisolongifolene; Essences and essential oils -- Periodicals; Aromatic plants -- Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Oilseed plants -- Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Aromatic plants -- Periodicals; Oilseed plants -- Periodicals; 661.80605
• DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2016.1250677
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0972-060X

Abstract

Abstract: Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. (Family: Zingiberaceae) is an important rhizomatous medicinal herb, grows wild in India. The leaf essential oil of C. angustifolia was extracted by hydro-distillation and analyzed by using Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Forty six compounds comprising 91.17 % of the total peak area were identified. The major components of the leaf essential oil were 8, 9-dehydro-9-formyl-cycloisolongifolene (33.48 %) followed by curzerenone (11.81 %), xanthorrhizol isomer (7.59 %), eucalyptol (6.62 %), camphor (3.27 %), germacrone (3.21 %), xanthorrhizol (2.98 %), ar -turmerone (1.62 %), curdione (1.60 %) and camphene (1.43 %) respectively. The leaf essential oil was found to be predominant with oxygenated sesquiterpenes (68.20 %). Because of the presence of remarkable phytoconstituents, the leaf essential oil of C. angustifolia would have enough significance in the food and pharmaceutical industries.