Aromatic Plants of Tropical Central Africa XXXVIII: Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils from FourAframomumSpecies Collected in Cameroon (1)

Rapid Screening of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aframomum danielli Seeds Using Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled to Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

“… ∗ Annotation was made with the match of ≥85% from the NIST Library, with the lowest match of 85% obtained for the last three entries (sabinene hydrate 〈E〉, γ -terpinene, and α -bergamotol) with percentage abundances between 0.07 and 0.08%. δ The E isomer has been reported elsewhere to elute earlier than the “Z” isomer [ 28 , 32 ]. # Also reported in bacteria.…”

A review on chemical constituents of essential oils of Aframomum genus

“…In addition, the essential oil of A. citratum leaves grown in Yaounde Cameroon was dominated by β-pinene, α-pinene and β-caryophyllene (Amvam et al, 2002). Finally, the essential oil of A. citratum seeds from Kribi, Cameroon was found to be rich in geraniol, linalool and myrcene (Chalchat et al, 1997).…”

“…The chemical composition of the essential oils isolated from A. citratum was characterized by the predominance of oxygenated monoterpenes. Geraniol was the most abundant compound in the essential oils of A. citratum seeds collected from Bafoussam and Yaounde Cameroon while the insignificant portion of the total included linalool, geranyl acetate and myrcene (Amvam et al, 2002;Meffo et al, 2019;Dongmo et al, 2019).…”

“…β-caryophyllene, β-pinene and caryophyllene oxide were found as the major components in the leaf essential oil while the rhizome oil was characterized by the predominance of β-pinene, linalool and cyperene (Nguikwie et al, 2013). Furthermore, the leaf essential oils of A. pruinosum collected from Yaounde and Dshang, Cameroon possessed β-pinene, β-caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide as the main compounds whereas the seed oil was rich in (E)-nerolido, β-ocimene and linalool (Menut et al, 1994;Amvam et al, 2002).…”

Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Volatile Constituents from Different Parts of Aframomum danielli (Hook) K. Schum

“…The seed essential oil composition of A. danielli from Cameroon, Nigeria and S. Tome has been reported [ 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Similarly, volatile constituents of other Aframomum species grown in some regions of West and East Africa have been investigated [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”