%0 Journal Article
%T Comparative essential oil composition of different vegetative parts of Hedychium spicatum Smith. from Uttarakhand, India
%A Verma Ram
%A Padalia Rajendra
%J International Journal of Green Pharmacy
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X The volatile essential oil constituents of leaves, rhizomes and roots of Hedychium spicatum Smith. from Uttarakhand, India, were analysed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (MS). A total of 39 constituents accounting for 78.7-96.4% of the oils were identified. The essential oils of the roots and rhizomes were marked by the presence of high amount of oxygenated monoterpenoids (60.9% and 65.9%, respectively). The most abundant oxygenated monoterpenoid of these oils was 1,8 cineole (48.7% and 64.0%, respectively). However, leaf oils obtained from two distinct locations, viz. "Song" and "Bhowali" were rich in monoterpene hydrocarbons (¦Â-pinene 40.9%, ¦Á-pinene 9.6%) and oxygenated monoterpenoids (1,8 cineole 34.2%), respectively.
%K ¦Â-Pinene
%K 1
%K 8-cineole
%K composition
%K essential oil
%K Hedychium spicatum
%U http://www.greenpharmacy.info/article.asp?issn=0973-8258;year=2010;volume=4;issue=4;spage=292;epage=295;aulast=Verma