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. 2024 Mar 3;10(5):e27492. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27492

Table 3.

Major components identified from Amomum essential oils.

Plants Plant parts Compounds References
Amomum villosum Fruit Bornyl acetate (52.5%),Camphor 19.17%, Camphene(8.9%), d-limonene(17.8%), [6,55]
Leaves Bornyl acetate (8.48%), β-pinene(53%), α-pinene (22.1%) Camphor 3.18%, γ-terpinene (1.2%)Limonene(4.2%), α-humalene (2%) [56]
Seed Bornyl acetate (40.4%) Camphor14.82%, esters (52.5%), [57]
Stem α-pinene (18.5%), Sabinene(19.2%), β-pinene(38.8%), β-caryophyllene(2.2%), γ-terpinene (1.8%)Limonene(3.9%) [53,58]
Peels Bornyl acetate (3.87%) Camphor 6.90%, esters (42.1%) [58]
Rhizomes Β-pinene(19%), α-pinene (9%),Bornyl acetate (18.3%) Camphor (2.49%), Sabinene(16%),fenchyle acetate (17%),camphene(5.4%) [58]
Amomum tsao-ko Pod Geranial(7.8%),1,8-cineole(22.6%), Geraniol(7%),(2E)-decenal(6.1%) [22]
Entire plant 1,8-cineole(34.6%), geraniol(4.8%), α-terpineol(4%), α-phellandrene(5.8%), β-pinene(3.3%) [47]
Fruit 1,8cineole(45.24%),Geraniol(5.11%),Geranial(4.52%), α-terpineol(3.59%), α-phellandrene(3.07%) [46,54]
Seed 1,8-cineole(30.6%), limaneon (22.77%), 2-decanal(17.3%), neral(7%), geranial(10.6%), α-terpineol(4.3%) [59]