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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from the
Rhizomes of Alpinia henryi K. Schum. of Vietnam
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Giang M. Phan , Son T. Phan & Wilfried A. König

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Faculty of Chemistry , College of Natural Science, Vietnam National University , 19 Le
Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg , D-20146, Hamburg, Germany
Published online: 28 Nov 2011.

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A. henryi
J. Essent. Oil Res., 19, 507–508
(November/December 2007)

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from the
Rhizomes of Alpinia henryi K. Schum. of Vietnam
Giang M. Phan and Son T. Phan,*
Faculty of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Vietnam National University, 19 Le Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi, Vietnam

Wilfried A. König#,
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Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

Abstract
The essential oil from the fresh rhizomes of Alpinia henryi K. Schum. (Zingiberaceae) collected in Vietnam was
analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-five compounds, representing 86.4% of the oil, were identified. The oil was
characterized by a high content of 1,8-cineole (45.1%).
Key Words Index
Alpinia henryi, Zingiberaceae, essential oil composition, 1,8-cineole.

Plant Name
Alpinia henryi K. Schum. (Zingiberaceae).

Source
Fresh rhizomes of A. henryii were collected in Tam Dao,
Province Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. The plant material was identified
by a botanical taxonomist Nguyen Quoc Binh of the Institute of
Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science
and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, and a voucher specimen is
deposited in the Herbarium of the same Institute.

Plant Part
The fresh rhizomes were subjected to hydrodistillation
for 8 h to produce an oil of 1.29% yield (on the basis of fresh
weight) on being dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate.

Previous Work
A survey of the literature reveals that there is no report on
the essential oil from any part of A. henryi.

tion and flame ionization detection, was used. Injection and
detector temperatures were maintained at 200°C and 250°C,
temperature program 50°–230°C at 3°C/min, carrier gas H2

at 1.2 mL/min.
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry: A HewlettPackard HP 5890 gas chromatograph, coupled to a VG Analytical
70-250S mass spectrometer. The GC was fitted with a fused
silica capillary column coated with CPSil-5-CB (25 m x 0.25
mm, film thickness 0.15 μm). The GC operating conditions
were identical to those described above. The MS operating
parameters were: ionization voltage, 70 eV; ion source temperature, 230°C; He was used as the carrier gas.
The oil was analyzed using a dual GC on a non-polar polar
CPSil-5-CB and a more polar CPSil-19-CB columns of identical
dimensions and GC/MS on a CPSil-5-CB column. Retention
indices and mass spectra of the constituents were compared
with those of authentic samples and computer-supported library
spectra generated under identical experimental conditions
(1). Twenty-five compounds, representing 86.4% of the oil,
were identified (Table I). 1,8-Cineole (45.1%) is the main
component of the oil.
Acknowledgments

Present Work
Gas Chromatography: An Orion Micromat 412 instrument equipped with two fused silica capillary columns (25 m
x 0.25 mm, film thickness 0.15 mm) coated with CPSil-5-CB
and CPSil-19-CB (Chromapack), respectively, split injec-

We thank the VolkswagenStiftung (Partnerschaftsvorhaben
“Untersuchung ätherischer Öle Vietnams”) for financial support to
this work.
References
1. D.H. Hochmuth, W.A. König and D. Joulain, MassFinder 2.3. Software &
Data Bank, Hamburg (2003). Available at: www.massfinder.com.

*Address for correspondence

Received: October 2005

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Revised: January 2006
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Accepted: February 2006
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Table I. Constituents of the essential oil from the rhizomes of Alpinia henryi

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Compound
2-hexanol
α-pinene
camphene
β-pinene
myrcene
α-phellandrene
δ−3-carene
p-cymene

1,8-cineole
γ-terpinene
terpinolene
α-fenchol
camphor
isoborneol
borneol
terpinen-4-ol
α-terpineol
α-fenchyl acetate
nerol
geraniol
isobornyl acetate
2-undecanone
2-undecanol
4,6-undecandien-2-one
2-tetradecanone
a)

Means of identification
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri

MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri
MS, Ri

Percentage composition (%)a
1.8
2.0
1.5
4.1
3.7
0.3
0.1
4.2
45.1
0.2
0.8
0.5
3.0

0.8
4.4
1.6
4.9
2.2
1.4
1.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
1.1
0.1

Relative percentages were obtained on the GC CPSil-5-CB column.

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