CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF ZINGIBER OTTENSII

The hydrodistilled essential oil from the rhizome of Zingiber ottensii collected in Phetchaburi province, Thailand was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-eight constituents were identified of which zerumbone (40.1%), terpinen-4-ol (11.2%), p-cymene (6.9%), sabinene (6.5%) and humulene (5.6%) were the major components.
Cytotoxic activity using brine shrimp lethality test showed moderate toxicity (LC₅₀= 65.5 µg/ml).

III WOCMAP Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Volume 1: Bioprospecting and Ethnopharmacology

S. Thubthimthed, P. Limsiriwong, U. Rerk-am, T. Suntorntanasat

humulene, p-cymene, sabinene, terpinen-4-ol, zerumbone, Zingiberaceae

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.675.14