Plant Compounds of Aframomum melegueta (Zingiberales: Zingiberaceae) Melegueta pepper

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Plant Compounds of Aframomum melegueta , the Melegueta pepper

Kingdom:	Plantae
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Genus:	Aframomum
Author:	Roscoe

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Compounds:

Menut 1991

7-2Ac	3.3 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦	Mbalmayo Forest, Cameroon	seed
alpha-caryophyllene	31.3 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
beta-caryophyllene	8.5 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
caryophyllene oxide	17.9 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
gamma-cadinene	1.5 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
heptan-2-ol	0.6 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
humulene epoxide I	1.3 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
humulene epoxide II	26.4 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦
linalool	5.7 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦

Reference(s):

Menut, C., Lamaty, G., Zollo, P.H.A., Atogho, B.M., Abondo, R., Bessière, J.-M. 1991. Aromatic plants of Tropical Central Africa. V. Volatile components of three Zingiberaceae from Cameroon: Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum., A. daniellii (Hook. f.) K. Schum. and A. sulcatum (Oliv. and Hanb.) K. Schum. Flavour Fragr. J. 6(3):183-186.

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