Analysis of the essential oil of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. from Indonesia

Abstract

The composition of the essential oil of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. from Indonesia was examined by GC and GC-MS. A major part of the oil consists of monoterpenes with sabinene and terpinen-4-01 as main constituents. Sesquiterpenes accounted for a small part of the oil with sesquiphellandrene being the principal constituent. In addition to these terpenes the oil contains a number of phenylbutanoids. The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation contained about 25 % of these phenylbutanoids whereas the oil obtained by extraction with light petroleum had about 46 %, with trans-l-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyI)but-l-ene, trans-l-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyI)butadiene and trans-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)but-3-ene-l-y1 acetate as the main constituents.

Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from leaf and rhizome of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.

“…The rhizome oil was rich in triquinacene,1,4-bis (methoxy) (26.5%), (Z)-ocimene (22.0%), terpinen-4-ol (18.5%), g-terpinene (3.9%), bphellandrene (3.5%) and cis-sabinenehydrate (3.0%). A major part of the oil consists of monoterpenes with sabinene and terpinen-4-ol as main common constituents of all the reported oils in the world including ours (Taroeno et al, 1991;Oliveros, 1996;Pongprayoon et al, 1997). Z. cassumunar oil was found to contain sabinene and terpinen-4-ol as its major constituents, which are no doubt responsible for its antimicrobial activities (Giwanon et al, 2000;Wasuwat et al, 1989).…”

“…yield about 1.8% of a colorless volatile oil which contains terpinen-4-ol (45.4%) as its main constituent (Oliveros, 1996). The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation contained about 25% of these phenylbutanoids whereas the oil obtained by extraction with light petroleum had about 46%, with sabinene and terpinen-4-ol, trans-l-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)but-l-ene, trans-l-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) butadiene and trans-4-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)but-3 -ene-l-yl acetate as the main constituents (Taroeno et al, 1991). The main active chemical constituents of the rhizome oil are sabinene (27-34%), g-terpinene (6-8%), a -terpinene (4-5%), terpinen-4-ol (30-35%), and (E)-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)butadiene (DMPBD) (12-19%) (Pongprayoon et al, 1997).…”

Phenylbutanoid‐rich rhizome oil of Zingiber neesanum from Western Ghats, southern India

“…7,8 Z. cassumunar, native to Thailand, Indonesia and India, is used in Thai traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation, aches and pains, joint and muscle problems and for a variety of other diseases. 16 Bioactivity studies, viz.…”

“…TLC and their identities were confirmed by UV, IR, 1H-NMR and mass spectral studies and comparison of these data with the literature. 7,[13][14][15] The amounts of t-DMPBE and t-DMPBD in 1 μl oil were quantified by external standardization as 2.04 μg and 2.98 μg, respectively.…”

High content of zerumbone in volatile oils of Zingiber zerumbet from southern India and Malaysia

“…[2] We recently reported the chemical profi les of the rhizome oils of Z. nimmonii (b-caryophyllene, a-humulene) and Z. neesanum (phenylbutanoids) from this geographic region. [8,9] Rhizome oils from other gingers, such as Z. cassumunar (Z. montanum, phenylbutanoids) [10,11] , Z. wrayi var. halabala (transanethole) [12] , Z. ottensii (zerumbone, terpinen-4-ol) [13] and Z. roseum (a-pinene, b-pinene, limonene) [14] from various geographical locations have also been characterized.…”