Antitumour Effects of Isocurcumenol Isolated from Curcuma zedoaria Rhizomes on Human and Murine Cancer Cells

Table 1

GC-MS profile of the Petroleum ether fraction of Curcuma zedoaria shows the major phytoconstituents and their percentage.

Sl No:	Compound	Retention time (minutes)	Percentage; (%)
1	Eucalyptol	9.786	2.04
2	Camphor	12.44	1.58
3	Beta-selinene	21.008	1.03
4	Azulene	21.225	0.87
5	4,5,6,6A-tetrahydro 2 [1H] pentalenone	23.752	14.49
6	Germacrone	25.783	1.87
7	Isocurcumenol	26.623	25.24
8	9-octadecynoic acid methyl ester	26.948	1.36
9	Dihydro neoclovene	27.018	3.48
10	Methyl sterolate	27.738	24.94
11	Isovelleral	27.886	5.92
12	Eremanthron	28.127	2.89
13	Elemene	28.883	3.75
14	Octahydroanthracene	31.650	1.25
15	Isolongifolene	31.961	9.31