PJB-2017-766
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF BOESENBERGIA ARMENIACA AND BOESENBERGIA STENOPHYLLA GROWING WILD IN BORNEO
NOOR ATIEKAH MD NOR
Abstract
Boesenbergia armeniaca and Boesenbergia stenophylla are two endemic wild gingers from Borneo. Limited information are available on these wild species. The aim of this study was to identify the leaf essential oil constituents of two Boesenbergia species using hydrodistillation and analysed via GC-FID and GC-MS. The essential oil yields of leaves obtained from B. armeniaca and B. stenophylla were 0.01% and 0.08% respectively. The major volatile constituents in the leaf oil of B. armeniaca were Nerolidol (42.55%), Linalool (11.63%) and β-caryophyllene (6.25%) while in the leaf oil of B. stenophylla were methyl cinnamate (83.17%), β-pinene (4.84%) and α-caryophyllene (3.59%) respectively. To date, this is the first report revealing the essential oil components in Boesenbergia armeniaca and Boesenbergia stenophylla from Sabah, Borneo.
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