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Table 2 Major compounds in essential oils from fresh Amomum species

From: Steam sauna and mother roasting in Lao PDR: practices and chemical constituents of essential oils of plant species used in postpartum recovery

  

VL2112 A. villosum

VL2079 A. villosum

VL2059 A. microcarpum

  

Leaves (g)

Rhizome (g)

Leaves (g)

Fruit (g)

Leaves (g)

Fruit (g)

Chemical name

CAS number

1000

780

1000

360

700

350

b-pinene

127-91-3

6.3

46.2

19.7

15.2

8.0

4.8

b-phellandrene

555-10-2

6.8

-

-

-

-

-

D-limonene

5989-27-5

8.4

-

8.1

1.2

4.5

0.4

L-fenchone

1195-79-5

8.9

4.8

2.7

2.6

-

-

pino-camphone

547-60-4

5.0

-

-

-

-

-

camphor

76-22-2

-

-

23.2

31.4

-

-

terpinen-4-ol

562-74-3

7.3

8.6

3.6

3.1

-

-

a-terpinene

99-86-5

16.1

1.4

-

-

-

-

a-terpineol

98-55-5

4.5

1.1

-

-

-

-

iso-borneol

124-76-5

3.1

-

-

-

-

-

linalool

78-70-6

-

-

-

-

40.4

25.4

borneol

5655-61-8

-

-

1.8

2.0

6.5

-

nerolidol

7212-44-4

-

-

-

-

22.3

49.4

bornylacetate

76-49-3

-

-

14.5

17.0

-

-

Fresh material oil content (‰)

1.20

0.40

0.20

1.50

0.70

1.40