Chemical Composition of the Volatile Oil from the Leaves of Kaempferia champasakensis Picheans. & Koonterm. (Zingiberaceae)
Authors: Tran Trung Hieu, Dau Xuan Duc, Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, Nguyen Duc Danh, Nguyen Hoang Tuan, Hoang Van Trung, Tran Dinh Thang & Le Duc Giang
Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants
: Volume 26, 2023 : 108-114
Publishing year: 2/2023
The genus Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae) is well-known for its diverse phytochemical constituents and characteristic essential oil. Kaempferia champasakensis was firstly described in 2008 by Chayan Picheansoonthon and Supachai Koonterm in Champasak province of Southern Laos. To date, little is known about phytochemical components and pharmacological activities of the plant. In the present study, the extraction of essential oil from K. champasakensis leaves as well as Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) profile were investigated. The major components in essential oil extracted from K. champasakensis leaves were determined as β-caryophyllene (16.07%), β-elemenone (14.53%), β-pinene (13.80%), germacrone (9.85%), myrcene (9.46%) and diisooctyl phthalate (8.62%). This is the first report on chemical constituents of essential oil extracted from the leaves of K. champasakensis.
β-Caryophyllene, β-elemenone, β-pinene, essential oil, Kaempferia champasakensi