TITLE:
Physico-Chemical Attributes of Essential Oil from Zingiber officinale Roscoe and Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith Cultivars Grown in Togo
AUTHORS:
Lankondjoa Kolani, Nafadjara Abouwaliou Nadio, Essolakina Magnim Bokobana, Koffi Koba, Christine Raynaud, Komla Sanda
KEYWORDS:
Zingiber officinale, Zingiber zerumbet, Rhizome, Essential Oil, Togo
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.13 No.11,
November
22,
2022
ABSTRACT: The present study was carried out to evaluate the quality of the rhizomes
of Zingiber officinale and Zingiber zerumbet from different areas
of Togo on the basis of their essential oil content and composition. The dry
rhizomes were pulverised, hydrodistilled and essential oils were analysed using
GC and GC/MS techniques. The results revealed that the essential oil yield of Z. zerumbet ranged from 0.75%
to 1.00% and was mainly composed by Zerumbone (51.8% - 37.5%) and humulene (21.7% - 28.2%). Z. officinale essential oil yielded from 1.25% to
1.67%, with major components as zingiberene (33% - 39.9%);
basibolene (12.7% - 16%),
and sesquiphellandrene (13% -
14.7%).