Volatile compounds and biological activities of essential oil of globba pendula rhizomes collected at An Giang province

The present paper describes chemical composition, NO inhibitory activity against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide release, cytotoxic activity against MCF7 and Hep3B cell lines of the essential oil of Globba pendula Roxb. rhizomes. A total of 25 components of the essential oil were identified by using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS), accounting for 89.55 % of the total oil. -selinen (36.45 %) and ishwarane (10.76 %) were the main components.