Molecules 2006, 11(10), 817-826; doi:10.3390/11100817
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Highly Volatile Constituents of Vetiveria zizanioides Roots Grown under Different Cultivation Conditions

Patcharee Pripdeevech 1 , Sugunya Wongpornchai 1,* email and Ampan Promsiri 2
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand 2 Department of Soil Science and Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 29 August 2006; in revised form: 12 October 2006 / Accepted: 16 October 2006 / Published: 25 October 2006
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Abstract: Roots of Vetiveria zizanioides Nash (Mae Hae; Thai ecotype) planted in three different cultivation systems (normal soil, normal soil with added microbes and semi- hydroponically) were extracted using a simultaneous steam distillation and solvent extraction (SDE) apparatus. Yields of the essential oils obtained were 0.27, 0.18 and 0.06%, respectively. The separation profiles obtained by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) and solid phase microextraction (SPME)-GC×GC analyses of the crude essential oils showed a total of 156 and 48 well-resolved components, respectively. The highly volatile fractions isolated from the three essential oils by SPME were subjected to analysis by GC-MS and 42 compounds were identified in total. Volatile component profiles of the oils obtained by normal soil and semi-hydroponic cultivation were similar, whereas a quantitative difference was noted in some major volatiles when the cultivation system containing microbes was utilized.
Keywords: Vetiveria zizanioides Nash; vetiver; semi-hydroponic cultivation; GC×GC; SPME-GC-MS

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Pripdeevech, P.; Wongpornchai, S.; Promsiri, A. Highly Volatile Constituents of Vetiveria zizanioides Roots Grown under Different Cultivation Conditions. Molecules 2006, 11, 817-826.

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Pripdeevech P, Wongpornchai S, Promsiri A. Highly Volatile Constituents of Vetiveria zizanioides Roots Grown under Different Cultivation Conditions. Molecules. 2006; 11(10):817-826.

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Pripdeevech, Patcharee; Wongpornchai, Sugunya; Promsiri, Ampan. 2006. "Highly Volatile Constituents of Vetiveria zizanioides Roots Grown under Different Cultivation Conditions." Molecules 11, no. 10: 817-826.

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