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Volatile Constituents of Curcuma caesia Roxb. Rhizome from North India

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The volatile constituents of Curcuma caesia Roxb. rhizome were obtained by hydro-distillation and investigated using gas chromatography–flame ionization detector (GC–FID) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Furthermore, the antibacterial activity of crude oil has been assessed by agar well diffusion method against five bacterial pathogens causing respiratory diseases. Forty-eight constituents representing 99.28% of the total oil were identified. The major constituents were cycloisolongifolene, 8,9-dehydro-9-formyl (11.67%), camphor (6.05%), eucalyptol (5.96), β-germacrene (5.23%), 2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one, 2-hydroxy-5-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-4-(1-methylethenyl) (5.18%) and isoborneol (5.05%), while others were present in relatively small amounts. The antibacterial assay showed significant results against selected bacterial strains.

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The authors are thankful to the Head, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, for providing the laboratory facilities to enable microbiological tests during this research.

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  2. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 249404, India

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Kumar, A., Navneet & Gautam, S.S. Volatile Constituents of Curcuma caesia Roxb. Rhizome from North India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 43, 607–610 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-020-00926-y

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