Chemical Composition of the Rhizome Oils of FourCurcumaSpecies from Malaysia

Larvicidal Activity of the Essential Oils and Methanol Extracts of Malaysian Plants on Aedes aegypti

“…The chemical composition of the active oils, viz., C. microphyllum, C. impressicostatum and Curcuma domestica has been described elsewhere (Jantan & Goh, 1992;Jantan et al, 1999;Jantan et al, in press). Benzyl benzoate was the most abundant component in the essential oils of C. impressicostatum (47.2%) and C. microphyllum (90.0%).…”

Uterine relaxant effects of Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. rhizome extracts

“…Many sesquiterpenes, zedoalactone A, zedoalactone B, zedoarondiol, zedoarol, curcumenol, isocurcumenol, furanodiene and isofuranodiene, have been isolated from the rhizome of Curcuma aeruginosa (Takano et al, 1995;Sirat et al, 1998a;Sukari et al, 2007). The essential oils of the rhizomes and leaves of Curcuma aeruginosa have been identified as ␤-pinene, 1,8-cineol, curzerenone, furangermenone, furanodienone, camphor, zedoarol, curcumenol, ␤-elemene and isocurcumenol (Xuan Dung et al, 1995;Sirat et al, 1998b;Bin Jantan et al, 1999;Jirovetz et al, 2000;Jarikasem et al, 2005). The alcoholic extract of Curcuma aeruginosa rhizome has been reported to possess postcoital contraceptive effect in albino rats, but the water extract had no effect (Matangkasombut et al, 1983).…”

Curcuma mangga

“…The main volatile constituents of the rhizome were found to be myrcene (81.4 %), β-pinene (10.4 %), ( E )-β-ocimene (2.7 %) and α-pinene (1.6 %) (Jantan et al 1999 ). Another analysis by Wong et al ( 1999 ) identifi ed 44 components in the rhizome essential oil with monoterpene hydrocarbons predominating, accounting for 91.2 % of the oil.…”