Chemical Constituents of the Root Essential Oils of Zingiber rubens Roxb., and Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith

Do N. Dai, Tran D. Thang, Le T. M. Chau, Isiaka A. Ogunwande

Faculty of Biology, Vinh University, Vinh City, Vietnam.
Faculty of Chemistry, Vinh University, Vinh City, Vietnam.
Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2013.41002                

Abstract

Zingiber rubens Roxb., and Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith were collected respectively from Nghe An, Province and Ha Tinh, Province,Vietnam. The root essential oils were obtained by water distillation and analyzed by Gas chromatography (GC) and Gas chromatography coupled with Mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The most abundant components of Z. rubens were (Z)-citral (30.1%), camphene (9.7%), β-phellandrene (7.5%) and 1,8-cineole (7.0%) and zingiberene (5.3%). The main oil constituents of Z. zerumbet were (Z)-citral (26.1%), camphene (16.3%), sabinene (14.6%), zingiberene (7.2%) and lavandulyl acetate (6.7%). This species has low zerumbone (1.2%) content.

Keywords

Zingiber rubens; Zingiber zerumbet; Root Essential Oil; (Z)-Citral; Camphene; Sabinene; Zerumbone

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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