TY - JOUR TT - Essential Oil Composition of Elettaria cardamomum Maton AU - Savan, Ebru KUYUMCU AU - Küçükbay, F. Zehra PY - 2013 DA - November JF - Journal of Applied Biological Sciences JO - J.appl.biol.sci. PB - Anatolia Bilim Akademisi WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-0108 SP - 42 EP - 45 VL - 7 IS - 3 KW - Elettaria cardamomum KW - essential oil KW - 1 KW - 8-cineole KW - linalool KW - α-terpinyl acetate N2 - Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton) is one of the most commonly used spices and is known as “the queen of spices”. Cardamom of the Zingiberaceae family is one of the world’s very ancient and expensive spices. The aromatic seeds of Elettaria cardamomum Maton are used in treatment of various diseases; from asthma to cardiac disorders besides using spices. Hydrodistilled essential oil of Cardamom which obtained using a Clevenger-type apparatus, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. Relative percentage amounts of the separated compounds were calculated from FID chromatograms. n-Alkanes were used as reference points in the calculation of relative retention indices (RRI). Sixty seven compounds were identified, representing 96.9% of the oil. The major components were found to be 1,8-cineole (25.6%), linalool (6.3%), αterpinyl acetate (40.7%) UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jabs/article/387460 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/415771 ER -