Volatile Components from Cymbopogon giganteus (Hochst) Chiov var. madagascariensis (A. Camus)

Abstract The composition of essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation (Clevenger type apparatus) and by vapour distillation (industrial-scale equipment) from the aerial parts of Cymbopogon giganteus (Hochst) Chiov. var. madagascariensis (A. Camus) growing wild in South-Western Madagascar was investigated by GC (RI), GC-MS and 13C NMR. The composition of the Malgasy oil, dominated by p-menthadienol isomers and limonene, is similar to that of African C. giganteus oils.