Essential Oil Composition of Seed and Fruit Coat of Elettaria cardamomum from South India

Abstract

Twenty five constituents of the hydrodistilled essential oil obtined separately from the seed and fruit coat of the Elettaria cardamomum accounting for 95.28% and 96.58% of the oil respectively, growing in South India have been analyzed and identified using GC and GC-MS. Major constituents found common in both seed oil and fruit coat oil are limonene (4.05% and 3.82%), 1,8-cineole (15.13% and 23.74%), α-terpineol (4.67% and 5.25%) and α-terpinyl acetate (56.87% and 51.25%) respectively.