CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Zingiber zerumbet essential oil

Plant Name

: Shampoo ginger. Bitter ginger

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Flowers

Introduction

The leaves and leaf stalks, which are also fragrant, were used in baking in the imu, underground oven, to enhance the flavor of pork and fish as they cooked. Traditionally, the aromatic underground rhizomes were sliced, dried, and pounded to a powder, then added to the folds of stored kapa (tapa) cloth.

Reference

Chane-Ming, Jimmy, Robert Vera, and Jean-Claude Chalchat. "Chemical composition of the essential oil from rhizomes, leaves and flowers of Zingiber zerumbet Smith from Reunion Island." Journal of Essential Oil Research 15.3 (2003): 202-205.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(E)-Nerolidol	34.90
2	Linalool	17.10
3	Beta-Caryophyllene	10.20

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(E)-Beta-Ocimene	3.3
2	Trans-Alpha-Bergamotene	2.30
3	(E)-Beta-Farnesene	2.10
4	Zingiberene	2.10
5	Alpha- Pinene	2.5
6	Delta-3-Carene	2.3
7	Beta-Pinene	1.80
8	Bornyl Acetate	0.40
9	Humulene Epoxide Ii	0.20
10	Undecanol	0.20
11	Bulnesol	0.10
12	Limonene	0.80
13	A-Bisabolol	0.10
14	Camphene	0.80
15	Myrcene	0.70
16	Camphor	0.40
17	Myrtenal	0.10
18	Alpha-Copaene	0.10
19	Caryophyllene Oxide	0.05
20	Myrtenol	0.10
21	Alpha-Terpineol	0.40
22	Cineole	0.90
23	Nerolidol	0.10
24	Alpha-Thujene	0.10
25	Citronellyl formate	0.10
26	P-Cymene	0.60
27	Beta-Bisabolene	0.40
28	Pinocarvone	0.10
29	Beta-Elemene	0.50
30	E-E-Alpha-Farnesene	0.90
31	Sabinene	0.20
32	Beta-Eudesmol	0.30
33	Elemol	0.10
34	Sesquiphellandrene	0.30
35	Fenchone	0.20
36	Terpinen-4-01	0.30
37	Bicyclogermacrene	0.10
38	Gamma-Terpinene	0.10
39	Terpinolene	0.10
40	Borneol	0.20
41	Germacrene D	0.10