Table 2 The relative amount [%] of asarones in the analysed EOs.
Source | Rhizomes of natural accessions | Commercially available rhizomes | Commercially available EOs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Code | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 |
Asarone content [%] | |||||||||
α | 9.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 14.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
β | 89.2 | 90.9 | 90.8 | 88.7 | 90.0 | 84.7 | 94.1 | 92.6 | 94.0 |
γ | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |