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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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Bedoukain RussellIPM

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., Bessi�re, 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.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2025. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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