Table 1.

Major constituents of Ginger essential oil analysed by GC-MS

Sl. No.	Compound	*Content (%)
1	Zingiberene	22.54 ± 0.13
2	Geranial	12.34 ± 0.33
3	β-sesquiphellandrene	8.14 ± 0.14
4	Camphene	7.44 ± 0.54
5	Neral	5.45 ± 0.23
6	β-bisabolene	4.62 ± 0.12
7	α-farnesene	4.5 ± 0.25
8	β-phellandrene	4.32 ± 0.32
9	Curcumene	3.67 ± 0.50
10	Cineole	3.12 ± 0.14
11	Citronellal	3.05 ± 0.55
12	Copaene	3 ± 0.14
13	α-pinene	2.95 ± 0.33
14	γ-cadinene	1.98 ± 0.33
15	Limonene	1.85 ± 0.33
16	β-pinene	1.74 ± 0.25
17	Linalool	1.5 ± 0.33
18	β-eudesmol	1 ± 0.21
19	p-cymene	0.89 ± 0.66
20	Nerolidol	0.54 ± 0.66

*Values expressed are mean ± standard deviation