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Essential oil from the rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata Roscoe was extracted by hydro-distillation method and characterized by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) method. Total 25 compounds were identified and the yield of essential oil was 0.19 %. The total identified compounds accounted for about 100% of the oil. The major identified compounds were Methyl cyclohexane (53.22%), Fenchyl acetate (9.14%) and 1,8-Cineole (5.38%). 

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Alpinia calcarata Roscoe chemical composition essential oil GC-MS analysis

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Kaur , M. . (2014). GC-MS analysis of essential oil from the rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata Roscoe. Environment Conservation Journal, 15(1&2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2014.151201

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